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Two months after announcing it will require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19, Marquette University said more than 85% of students enrolled for the fall have submitted proof of vaccination.

The Democratic Party of Milwaukee County wants the Democratic National Convention to return to Milwaukee in 2024, after the 2020 DNC in Milwaukee was reduced to a mostly-virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

All city of Milwaukee employees would be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine or be tested weekly for the virus, under a resolution proposed by Alderman Robert Bauman.

Lucas-Milhaupt is creating a more inclusive culture on the shop floor and in the office, but its efforts may not have caught traction if it wasn’t for Rich Ballenger’s candor, the manufacturing company's president.

Children’s Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin are the latest Milwaukee-area health care organizations to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alumnus and Boston architect James Mellowes and his wife, Maureen, recently gave $1 million to his alma mater.

Kohl’s announced it is giving a total of nearly $1 million to five Milwaukee-area nonprofit organizations as part of its Hometown Partners charitable program.

All ProHealth Care employees will be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 beginning Oct. 15, a ProHealth Care spokesperson told BizTimes Thursday.

The mandatory shot scenario has resurfaced among private companies due to the spread of the Delta variant; stubborn vaccine hesitancy in parts of the country and Wisconsin; and fear of exposing all workers, their families, customers and vendors to COVID-19.

Dr. Eve Hall, president and chief executive officer of the Milwaukee Urban League, has been named board chair of VISIT Milwaukee.