Government & Politics

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.

Sara Meaney, who recently left her post as Wisconsin Department of Tourism secretary-designee, has taken a new position with the Dohmen Company Foundation.

We must never again allow our policy preferences to blind us into electing a leader who is so manifestly unfit in both temperament and personal character. 

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. 

Milwaukee residents and leaders celebrated the commencement of construction of new homes in a pair of subdivisions on the near northwest side, in part the result of new incentives the city is offering.

John Stibal is retiring from his post as director of development for the city of West Allis.

More than 25 Kenosha-area businesses impacted by the violent protests that erupted in the community in late August have received loans of up to $50,000, the Kenosha Area Business Alliance announced today.

The COVID-19 vaccine will be provided at no cost for all Wisconsin residents, regardless of their insurance status, the Wisconsin Office of Commissioner of Insurance confirmed this week.