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Editor's note: The Milwaukee Common Council this week voted to reject a $9.7 million federal grant to pay for...
State building commission releases funds for major UWM campus projects
The state building commission released funding this week totaling $170 million for two major projects on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus.
Health systems in Wisconsin begin vaccinating frontline workers
An emergency department physician at Aurora Sinai Medical Center was the first Advocate Aurora Health employee to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday.
COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Wisconsin, health care workers to receive it this week
Wisconsin received its first allocation of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine today.
Milwaukee County BRT project receives federal grant money, construction slated for spring
Milwaukee County officials say they have formally received a $40.9 million federal grant that will allow construction to start this spring on the roughly $55 million bus rapid-transit project.
Milwaukee County, four health systems to develop mental health emergency center
Milwaukee County and Milwaukee’s four largest health systems plan to develop a mental health emergency center on the city’s near north side.
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Wisconsin’s top 50 PPP lenders
Nearly 800 financial institutions dispersed 89,615 Paycheck Protection Program loans to Wisconsin businesses for a combined total of approximately $9.9 billion, according to U.S. Small Business Administration data made public earlier this month.
VISIT Milwaukee’s Tony Snell appointed chair of city’s Equal Rights Commission
Tony Snell, volunteer and staffing coordinator at VISIT Milwaukee, has been named chair of the City of Milwaukee Equal Rights Commission.Â
Wisconsin prepares to receive, roll out first COVID-19 vaccine allocation
Wisconsin is expected to receive nearly 50,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks, pending its authorization by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, which is expected as early as this week.
WisDOT grant to support road improvements around Kroger’s $112 million project in Pleasant Prairie
A new 350,000-square-foot, $112 million Kroger fulfillment center in Pleasant Prairie is being supported with a roughly $950,000 grant from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday.