Tom Still: Investment tax credit bill is a good start, but Wisconsin must confront other barriers to capital formation
By Tom StillMADISON – Now that Gov. Jim Doyle has signed a bill to promote investment in Wisconsin's small start-up businesses, will the state's technology sector blossom like a spring flower?Based on this law alone, don't count on it. The bill's creation of tax credits for angel and early-stage investments as well as grants and loans for technology start-ups...
WisBusiness: Governor vetoes payday loan bill, signs predatory lending restrictions
By Joanne M. Haas
WisBusiness.com
The so-called payday loan bill died Thursday when Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed the legislation, saying it does little to insert consumer protection into the practice that last year snatched $85 million in state consumer fees for out-of-state companies.
"Wisconsin is one of the last states in the country to address the problems associated with the ever-expanding payday...
DWD: Administrative Rule to Increase State’s Minimum Wage One Step Closer to Implementation Statewide public hearings to be held
Contact: Rose Lynch, 608/266-6753
Madison – Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced the department has submitted its amendment to administrative rule s. DWD 272 relating to the increases in the state’s minimum wages and will be holding public hearings on the proposed rule.
A minimum wage advisory council, convened by Secretary Gassman at the direction...
Gov. Doyle: Governor Doyle Signs Legislation to Ban Smoking in UW Dorms
Contact: Jessica Erickson, Governor's Office, 608-261-2156
Also Signs Measure that Authorizes Four UW Building Projects, Including
the $13 Million Renovation of Taylor Hall on the UW-Oshkosh Campus
OSHKOSH - Flanked by college students Friday at the
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Governor Jim Doyle praised the university
and its students for their efforts to curb tobacco use and signed
legislation to ban smoking in dorms and...
Dept. of Commerce: Gov. Doyle Announce Milk Volume Production Loan
Contact: Tony Hozeny, 608/267-9661
MADISON— Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that Harold and Thomas Levendoski, Clear Lake, Polk County, will receive a milk volume production loan totaling $150,000 to expand and modernize their dairy operation.
“My Grow Wisconsin initiative calls for investing in our agricultural industry to improve prospects for future growth and development,” Gov. Doyle said. “By...
WTCS: Technical College System Board objects to using constitutional amendment for fiscal management
Contacts: Richard Carpenter, 608-266-1770
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