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As Wisconsin gets closer to considering an early stage investing bill, it is important to get the basic principles right. Here’s my take on how to proceed on solid ground:

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker today announced that the state has received formal approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for renewal of its SeniorCare waiver until 2015. SeniorCare, Wisconsin’s prescription drug program launched in 2002, provides affordable, comprehensive prescription drug coverage to thousands of Wisconsin seniors.

Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc., the Madison-based holding company for AnchorBank, has completed the prepayment of $150 million of Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) advances.

Assurant Health, through efforts of the Assurant Foundation, is awarding $230,000 to seven area organizations focused on improving the lives of people facing hunger, homelessness and struggles with health and wellness.

If there is a silver lining to the Obama administration’s economic policies (and that’s a BIG IF) it’s that we are learning a very important lesson. When our government picks winners and losers, taxpayers lose.

Waterstone Mortgage Corp., one of the largest mortgage lenders in the U.S. with more than 500 employees in 11 states, will move its corporate headquarters from 1133 Quail Ct., Pewaukee, to the former GE Medical Systems building at N25 W23255 Paul Road, Pewaukee.

The principals of RN Realty LLC and Varin Realty LLC announced that they have purchased the Silver Spring Golf & Banquet Center at N56 W21318 Silver Spring Dr., Menomonee Falls.

Hakaduli Properties LLC recently purchased a pair of office buildings on Bluemound Road in Brookfield for $4.3 million.

Concordia University Wisconsin plans to build a 5-story, 274-bed dormitory on the north side of its campus at 12800 N. Lake Shore Dr. in Mequon.

Barely one-third of states added construction jobs on either a monthly or annual basis in November, as the prospect of a more severe contraction in 2013 keeps hiring down, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. Association officials noted that the threat of the looming fiscal cliff’s spending cuts and tax increases is offsetting slight growth in construction spending and keeping employment levels down.

Cudahy-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. announced it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Direct Connection Transportation (DCT), a non-asset truckload service provider based in Phoenix, Ariz.