COVID-19

Plans to furlough 45 Southwest Airlines employees at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport have been stayed after the federal government extended the length and increased funding for the Payroll Support Program.

As Wisconsin continues to trail its Midwestern peers in distributing the COVID-19 vaccine, Republican Congressman Bryan Steil on Monday criticized Gov. Tony Evers' Administration's rollout effort while Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said the Trump Administration is to blame for delays.

Gov. Tony Evers joined a group of governors calling on the federal government to release more COVID-19 vaccine doses to their states, saying it has held back supply.

The Federal Paycheck Protection Program will return Monday with several changes that are expected to enhance its effectiveness and accessibility, senior Trump administration officials announced today.

While much of the restaurant industry continues to struggle through the pandemic's harsh business climate, at least one sector has stood to benefit from shifts in how people dine and what they expect from the experience: quick-service pizza.

The city of Milwaukee said it will administer 100 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to frontline health workers and members of the fire department beginning this morning.

The effort to get the first COVID-19 vaccine dose to the residents and workers in Wisconsin’s 360 nursing facilities is on track to be completed by the end of the month, according to a long-term care industry leader.

In the four weeks since Wisconsin began its effort to vaccinate the state's roughly 450,000 frontline health care workers, just over 85,600 doses have been administered, according to data released Tuesday afternoon by the Department of Health Services. 

The Milwaukee Admirals announced Monday that the team will not participate in the 2020-21 American Hockey League season, citing financial challenges related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

Steve Brandenburg, the former pharmacist who allegedly removed COVID-19 vaccine vials from refrigeration at the Aurora Medical Center – Grafton, says he believed the vaccine could harm patients and change their DNA, according to a police statement.