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Dissolving state’s Department of Commerce would affect industry (access required)

Published: December 10, 2010
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By James Briggs Gov.-elect Scott Walker has reiterated his administration‘s plan to dissolve the state Department of Commerce and replace its economic development functions with a public-private board. If Walker follows through, the move would be consistent with statements he made during his gubernatorial campaign. But scrapping the agency, which formed in 1995, also would [...]

Lawmaker challenges contractor registration

Published: April 7, 2009
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A state lawmaker, claiming the Department of Commerce has too loose a definition of the word “emergency,” is trying to overturn the agency’s contractor registration rule. “(DOC) went the emergency rule route so they can get it enacted quickly,” said state Rep. Roger Roth, an Appleton Republican seeking co-sponsors for a bill overturning the DOC [...]