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Workers for a Dane County appliance make are facing some big questions about the future of their jobs.

About 200 employees at Wolf Appliance in Madison recently rejected a company demand for a 20-percent cut in pay and benefits. Now, the company is threatening to move those jobs to Kentucky. [click to continue…]

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Wind siting rules won’t please all

by Bob Hague 09/2/10 12:35 AM

The state’s new rules on siting wind turbines take away from local control, but give certainty to the industry. The state Public Service Commission finalized wind siting rules this week. Not everyone is pleased. “The new rules are less strict than what our current setback are,” said Calumet County Administrator Jay Shambeau. “That will please some [...]

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Harnessing the power of the sun…for beer

by Brian Moon 08/31/10 12:01 AM

Central Waters Brewing is the first brewery in the state to use solar energy. Company President Paul Graham says they rebooted the facility with solar thermal panels a year and a half ago at a $105,000 price tag. With grants and tax incentives, he says they paid about 45 percent of that, out of pocket.

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A more competitive Wisconsin

by WRN Contributor 08/26/10 12:33 AM

A state lawmaker says the results of an economic study should have Wisconsin taking a hard look at its competitiveness. State Senator Randy Hopper (R-Fond du Lac) was involved in the competitiveness study developed by Be Bold Wisconsin. He says the loss of 178,000 jobs between 2007 and 2009 were among the major findings of [...]

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July homes sales plummet

by Bob Hague 08/24/10 3:57 PM

Sales of existing homes have fallen to a fifteen year low. Bill Malkasian, President of the Wisconsin Realtors Association notes that existing home sales surged in the early spring largely because of a lucrative tax credit program for buyers. Malkasian said July’s drop is not surprising to many people in the industry. “It’s simply the [...]

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