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For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 19, 2004 Contact: Rose Lynch (608) 266-6753 Web Audio: http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dwd/newsreleases/multimedia/ui_081904.mp3 Despite Some Improvement, More Than 76,000 Manufacturing Jobs Lost Over Past Four Years, and 147,000 Workers Still Need Jobs Madison - Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced that Wisconsin's preliminary unemployment rate for July is 4.6 percent compared...

Friday, August 20, 2004 Contacts: Rose Lynch, Department of Workforce Development, 608-266-6753 Ethnie Groves, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2156 Wisconsin Won't Go Along With Bush Administration Rules That Would Deny Overtime Pay to About 150,000 Wisconsin Workers Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Wisconsin workers receiving overtime pay will remain protected under state labor laws as the Bush Administration implements controversial changes at...

By John Gard Last week, the entire sports nation’s attention turned to Wisconsin as the PGA Championship came to Whistling Straits golf course in Haven, Wisconsin. It was the first time in 71 years that a men’s major championship was played in Wisconsin. The weather was beautiful. The crowds were huge. The tournament was thrilling. ...

By Tom Still MADISON – Are human embryonic stem cells Democratic or Republican? As silly as that question is, it appears to be at the core of one of the more lamentable "wedge issues" of the 2004 presidential campaign. Both political parties will deserve some blame if stem cell science takes a back seat to stem cell politics. If you followed the...