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Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Jessica Erickson, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2156 MILWAUKEE - Governor Jim Doyle today announced that seven southeastern Wisconsin organizations will share grants totaling $300,100 from the Department of Commerce to promote community development efforts. Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton presented the grants today at the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation office in Milwaukee. "The Governor's Grow...

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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...

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...