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Wisconsin tax collections down

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Published Oct. 27, 2009 at 2:46 p.m.

State of Wisconsin tax collections dropped 7.9 percent in the three months ended in September, with a drop in individual income tax collections offsetting rising corporate collections, according to figures released by the state Department of Revenue ...

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Wisconsin sales taxes among lowest in U.S.

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Published Oct. 16, 2009 at 4:14 p.m.

The state of Wisconsin has one of the 10 lowest sales tax rates in nation, according to updated figures released Friday by the Tax Foundation ...

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State’s population grows 6% since 2000

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Published Oct. 9, 2009 at 4:47 p.m.

Gov. Jim Doyle announced Friday that Wisconsin has added nearly 325,000 residents since the 2000 U.S. Census and its population continued to grow through 2008, according to data released by the state Department of Administration ...

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State authorizes $30M for rail projects

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Published Sept. 24, 2009 at 2:44 p.m.

The state of Wisconsin has authorized a total of $30.6 million in loans and grants to help construct, preserve or upgrade rail-related facilities across the state ...

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Forbes: Wisconsin third-worst state for business

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Published Sept. 24, 2009 at 2:42 p.m.

Wisconsin slid on Forbes’ fourth ranking of the best states for business and is now the third-worst state in the country in which to do business ...

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Minnesota ends tax reciprocity program

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Published Sept. 18, 2009 at 4:36 p.m.

The State of Minnesota has decided to end its income tax reciprocity program with Wisconsin, effective January 1, 2010 ...

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Mercury Marine will return aid from Oklahoma

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Published Sept. 9, 2009 at 5:16 p.m.

Mercury Marine Inc., which is closing its plant in Oklahoma and moving work to Fond du Lac, said Wednesday that it will pay back to the state of Oklahoma the tax relief the company received under that state's legislation passed June 1 ...

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Wisconsin gets $1 million for biofuel stations

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Published Sept. 9, 2009 at 2:14 p.m.

The state of Wisconsin is receiving $1 million in competitive funding through a new grant program designed to improve the distribution and sales of biofuels, Gov. Jim Doyle said Tuesday ...

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Wisconsin residents using less water

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Published Sept. 4, 2009 at 11:55 a.m.

Wisconsin water usage per residence has dropped by 6.7 percent over the period from 2004 to 2008 as water conservation efforts in the state continue to grow, according to an annual study from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin ...

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Emerald ash borer found in Milwaukee County

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Published Aug. 28, 2009 at 12:53 p.m.

State officials are considering putting a quarantine on materials that could transport the emerald ash borer in Milwaukee County after a larva of the damaging insect was discovered in Franklin ...

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