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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.

Clean Laundry, a national laundromat chain, is opening its second Wisconsin location in West Milwaukee at 2086 Miller Park Way, the company announced today.

Wisconsin’s exports declined 7% in the first 11 months of the year, but had trended positively for several months after plummeting in April and May as the COVID-19 pandemic set in.

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 Wisconsin Economic Development Association announced that it has named Mary Perry as its new president and chief executive officer.

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.

BizTimes Milwaukee is seeking nominations for its upcoming Notable Minority Executives feature. Profiles of those selected will appear in the Feb. 22 edition of the magazine.

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 Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce set specific targets for increased hiring and promotion of minorities as part of its Region of Choice initiative, which was launched in the fall of 2019.

The Waukesha County Center for Growth announced Tuesday that it has named Judie Taylor its new executive director of economic development.