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Federal Court of Appeals Upholds Act 10 in Entirety
 On Friday, January 18, 2013, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Act 10 in its entirety. The Wisconsin Counties Association (WCA) and our general counsel Phillips Borowski, S.C. is currently reviewing the ruling.
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WCA Educational Seminar-"Highway Weight Limits: Preparing for the Spring Thaw"
Join us January 28, 2013 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center in Stevens Point for the January WCA Educational Seminar on "Highway Weight Limits: Preparing for the Spring Thaw."
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WCA Frac Sand Task Force Update
 Late last year the Wisconsin Counties Association Board of Directors created a special task force addressing frac sand mining issues in Wisconsin. The WCA Frac Sand Task Force is a presidential initiative of WCA President Gus Wirth.
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Broadband in Wisconsin Featured in January "Wisconsin Counties" Magazine
 The January 2013 edition of Wisconsin Counties magazine highlights broadband in Wisconsin.
Written by a variety of stakeholders, this collection of articles on broadband is a valuable layperson primer on the issues of implementing broadband in Wisconsin, including identifying key players, public and private investment and partnerships, basic terminology and economic development implications.
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Waterman & Associates Release Fourth Quarter Report
WCA's federal lobbying firm, Waterman & Associates, have released their 2012 Fourth Quarter "Washington Briefs." Find out the latest county news and updates on the federal level here.
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LGI Releases "Local Government Collaboration in Wisconsin: Case Studies"
 The Local Government Institute of Wisconsin (LGI), comprised of the associations representing local government in Wisconsin - the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, the Wisconsin Counties Association, the Wisconsin Towns Association and the Urban Alliance, recently released the case studies in a report titled "Local Government Collaboration in Wisconsin: Case Studies." The document is a publication from a data base of case studies maintained on the group's website at www.localgovinstitute.org/casestudies. The on-line database includes actual agreements and other documents associated with many of the case studies.
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 Events/Items of Interest
Agricultural Community Engagement (ACE) Event: "Planning & Progressing: The Future with Dairy" will be held February 20, 2013 in Stevens Point. Learn more here.
Nominations are being accepted for the Lloyd D. Gladfelter Award for Government Innovation: The LaFollette School of Public Affairs sponsors this awards program and three awards will be given to a non-elected municipal, county, state or federal worker who, through a career of work or through an innovation, has helped solve a problem for Wisconsin residents. Learn more here.
Grant Writing Workshops: Northcentral Technical College and Grant Writing USA will present a two-day grants workshop in Wausau, March 4-5, 2013. This training is for grant seekers across all disciplines. Attend this class and you'll learn how to find grants and write winning grant proposals. Learn more about the grants here.
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