State biotech firms vie for more of hefty market pie: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 3, 2003. Many make pitch in Madison for region's top dollars.

Tech bill good fit for small business: Marshfield News Herald, Nov. 3, 2003. Local supporters are hoping for quick approval from Gov. Jim Doyle.

Small companies seek cash: Wisconsin State Journal, Nov. 2, 2003. Bioscience meets bankroll at the Wisconsin Life Sciences & Venture Conference in Madison.

State-based group tries to save jobs: Green Bay Press-Gazette, Nov. 2, 2003. Voice of smaller manufacturers who believe large, multinational corporations have too much influence on the Nat'l Assoc. of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Long fight buried, or is it?: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 2, 2003. Tribes' deal apparently dooms Crandon mine, but hard feelings linger in the North Woods

Gaming deals may set stage for mini-casinos' expansion: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 2, 2003. Liberal, new state-Indian gambling deals pave the way for unanticipated expansions of mini-casinos.

GOP seeks streamlining: St. Paul Pioneer Press, Oct. 31, 2003. Effort to speed up business expansion and break down barriers to construction and economic development.

Utilities, opponents take fights to the airwaves: St. Paul Pioneer Press, Nov. 1, 2003. Coughing kids or blackouts. Cars covered with coal dust or new jobs. Pollution or progress.

Task force recommends increasing tuition, not local taxes: St. Paul Pioneer Press, Nov. 3, 2003. Property taxpayers currently cover 55 percent of the cost of the 16-college system.

Consumers can make health care cheaper, better: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 3, 2003. Message of one of the leading thinkers on health care economics in the country.

11 traffic deaths put state on pace for worst year since '81: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 3, 2003. Charges expected in double fatality; alcohol suspected as factor.

Gambling problems rise sharply: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Nov. 2, 2003. Help lines take more calls as courts debate expansion.

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