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Van Lines


Stem cell appeal and legislation should be placed on the fast track
Stem cell appeal and legislation should be placed on the fast track
Just when you thought the stem cell controversy was settled, it isn't.

A federal judge's ruling that challenges the legality of rules that govern human embryonic stem cell research could not only throw university research off stride, but businesses like Stemina, which has been studying stem cells to improve drug efficacy and safety, have seen their grant-winning momentum blunted. Full Story full story
State job growth encouraging, but nothing to get excited about yet.
Wisconsin is seeing some job growth, but like the national economy, the pace isn't exactly to people's liking.

The state is slowly headed in the right direction with 6,500 seasonally adjusted new private sector jobs, good enough to drop the unemployment rate by a tenth of a point, to 7.8%. That makes 25,000 new seasonally adjusted private-sector jobs since Jan. 1, but I hesitate to get too excited until the full impact of new 2011 taxes can be assessed. Full Story full story
On Viagra and the Cost of Health Care
The next time Madisonians hear about how politically wacky their community is, they may want to remind their accusers of this choice tidbit involving the Milwaukee Public Schools: the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association, the public school teacher's union in Milwaukee, has filed a civil suit that claims the school district's exclusion of Viagra and similar drugs from its health insurance plans is discriminatory on the basis of sex. Full Story full story
Oh, those Venetian Nights!
There was a time when even sentimentally-challenged slobs like me thought a gondola ride in Venice sounded romantic, but that was before I learned how polluted that water actually is. I won't bore you with the details, but I trust that Madisonians have taken much better care of Lake Mendota than the Venetians have of their famed Grand Canal. Full Story full story
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