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Associated donates $10,000 to La Causa
Associated Bank has contributed $10,000 to La Causa Inc., a Milwaukee nonprofit that provides child care on the largely Hispanic south side.
Paddock named private market leader at U.S. Bank
Margaret Paddock has been named market leader of The Private Client Reserve at U.S. Bank in Milwaukee.
Industries for the Blind acquires Top Promotions
West Allis-based nonprofit Industries for the Blind Inc.-Milwaukee has acquired Middleton-based imprinted product provider Top Promotions.
SEBS now Stellarus
The Strategic Employee Benefit Services locations in Brookfield and Appleton have been purchased by Christy Schwan and are now a joint entity known as Stellarus Benefits Inc.
Banking reforms must prevent another collapse
Editor’s note: Mary Miller, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, recently provided an update about the status of federal banking reforms at the American Banker Regulatory Symposium in Arlington, Va. Her prepared remarks comprise the following Milwaukee Biz Blog.
Farewell to man’s best friend
Normally, the copy in this space is devoted to you, the readers of BizTimes. But this week, it's all about me.
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Constitutional challenge to Act 10 is serious
On Friday, Judge Juan Colas issued a ruling that struck down Act 10, the “Budget Repair Bill,” on the grounds that the law violates the Wisconsin and U.S. Constitutions. In essence, he held that the law differentiates between entities that represent public employees in collective bargaining — imposing conditions on certain bargaining entities but not others – and that the State had failed to advance a sufficient justification for this disparate treatment. According to Judge Colas, the differential treatment of bargaining entities violated the First Amendment right of the affected unions to association and expression, and it also violated the Equal Protection Clause. Judge Colas also held that the law violates the Home Rule provisions of the Wisconsin Constitution by dictating rules for Milwaukee that the law did not apply to other municipalities.
Dorner CEO dies in accident
Richard Ryan, president and chief executive officer of Dorner Mfg. Corp. in Hartland, died in a motorcycle accident on Saturday, Sept. 8, while traveling in the western United States.
GE celebrates opening of high-tech engineering center at Waukesha facility
GE introduced a $3.1 million innovative engineering center at GE's Waukesha gas engines facility to the public, Waukesha-area economic development leaders and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker with a ribbon cutting and tour of the facility last week.
Bevco Engineering to add equipment
Bevco Engineering Company Inc. in Sussex is investing more than $680,000 to add equipment to its facility and create up to 21 new jobs.
