COVID-19
Communities build their own financial relief funds for small business
Several municipalities in the greater Milwaukee area have established emergency relief fund programs to support staple businesses in their...
Here are the Wisconsin counties hardest hit by unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic
With another 55,886 initial unemployment claims filed last week, Wisconsin has now seen nearly 393,000 claims filed in a...
Twin Disc lands $8.2 million PPP loan with BMO Harris   Â
Racine-based Twin Disc Inc. has received a nearly $8.2 million loan from BMO Harris Bank under the U.S. Small...
Hilton Milwaukee City Center receives PPP funding
The Marcus Corporation applied for the Paycheck Protection Program on behalf of many of its companies including Hilton Milwaukee...
Second round of PPP funds could run out faster than first
Lawmakers are nearing a deal expected to replenish the federal Paycheck Protection Program, but even if the round comes...
Medical College of Wisconsin model shows hospitals would fill in a month if all social distancing ended May 26
Milwaukee County would see a spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations and exceed health systems’ capacity in late June if all...
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SC Johnson converting line at Mount Pleasant plant to make hand sanitizer
Racine-based SC Johnson is shifting a line its Waxdale plant in Mount Pleasant to make 75,000 bottles of hand...
Vos, Fitzgerald file legal challenge to Gov. Evers’ extension of ‘Safer at Home’ order
State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, today filed a legal action in the state Supreme Court challenging Gov. Tony Evers’ recent move to extend his ‘Safer at Home’ order to May 26.
Empty stores spur Kesslers to find new ways to do business
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic came during what had already been turbulent times for the retail industry as e-commerce had increasingly replaced traditional brick-and-mortar, forcing many big box retailers to shut down.
WMEP seeks insights on how manufacturers are responding to coronavirus
WMEP Manufacturing Solutions is inviting Wisconsin manufacturers to participate in a survey to assess how companies in one of the state’s core economic sectors are responding to the coronavirus and related economic crisis.
