WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/28/2014) [MANUFACTURING] – NewPage Corporation (NewPage) has announced that its Stevens Point specialty paper mill achieved recognition as a 2014 Green Masters Award winner, joining an exclusive group of leading Wisconsin companies being recognized by the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council for significant and ongoing sustainability practices.
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/26/2014) [HOLIDAYS] – Hundreds of Americans are killed each year due to home cooking fires and thousands more are injured. Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA.
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/20/2014) [HEALTH] – On the 39th anniversary of the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, new data has been released showing a record low percentage of Wisconsin teens are smoking. That celebratory data, however, was tempered by new figures showing a surge in use of other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes. According to the Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey, 10.7 percent of Wisconsin high school students smoke cigarettes, down from 13.1 percent in 2012 and below the current national average of 12.7 percent. Yet, the rate of Wisconsin high school students using smokeless tobacco products like snuff and snus jumped from roughly six percent to nearly ten percent. Among high
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Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/17/2014) [HEALTH] – Consumers who purchased ACA compliant health insurance plans are receiving renewal letters in the mail. Since this process is new, it is important for consumers to understand how to keep their policy, how to estimate their new subsidy amount, and how to change insurance policies, if desired.
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