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The Wauwatosa-based Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment has awarded nearly $4.8 million in grants to 17 projects that are working to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus across Wisconsin.

Foxconn Technology Group says it created more than the minimum 520 jobs required for it to earn any tax credits for 2019 under its $2.85 billion incentive package with the state of Wisconsin.

Rockwell Automation Inc. plans to give its manufacturing employees a one-time additional payment for their continued work during the coronavirus, even as the company cuts salaries for other employees.

Greenfield-based Advanced Pain Management warned that it will permanently lay off 50 employees and close clinics if it doesn’t secure financing by the end of the month. 

The COVID-19 outbreak and widespread response to slow its spread has thrown cold water on what had been a healthy U.S. economy. Nearly all sectors, including real estate, has seen immediate impacts.

The Wisconsin Bankers Association is calling on the U.S. Small Business Administration to grant SBA districts the authority to make local adjustments so that lenders have equal access to the SBA’s application portal.

Milwaukee developer Irgens Partners LLC confirmed the BMO Tower project in downtown Milwaukee is continuing, even after two people working on the project had been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Amid social distancing restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Make-A-Wish is among many nonprofits that have had to make difficult decisions about their spring fundraisers, which they rely on for a significant portion of their annual revenue.

Heading into 2020, Wisconsin economy was on relatively solid footing. The state saw minimal job growth in 2019, but unemployment remained low and wages were generally trending upward.

The Ryder Cup remains on schedule for Sept. 22-27 at Whistling Straits near Sheboygan under a revised professional golf tournament calendar revealed Monday by major pro golf organizations, including the PGA of America.