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59 businesses show an interest in providing biomass for Charter Street Heating Plant

Officials say 59 businesses responded to a “request for information,” to help pinpoint the sources of biomass fuel for a renovated, coal-free Charter Street Heating Plant. “The message is clear: we have biomass businesses right here in our own state that want to grow,” says Gov. Jim Doyle. “This is an enormous economic opportunity for …

Children of divorced parents face economic barriers, study finds

Family structure affects a child’s economic mobility prospects, according to a new study co-authored by professor Thomas DeLeire of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs for the Pew Economic Policy Group’s report, “Family Structure and the Economic Mobility of Children.”

Slide show: Dalai Lama Visit

When the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Investigating Healthy Minds held grand-opening events May 15-16, a familiar guest was on hand to celebrate the occasion. As he has a number of times — most recently in 2007 — His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama traveled to Madison to continue ongoing work with the new center’s …