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The Milwaukee Repertory Theater is delaying the start of its 2020-’21 season by two months due to the coronavirus.

Lori Richards, the chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based public relations firm Mueller Communications, has been named board chair of professional women’s organization TEMPO Milwaukee.

The global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has resulted in collective grief. The loss of food, housing, jobs, school, business, sports, concerts, transportation, and for some the death of a family member or friend.

New Jersey-based information technology company GalaxE.Solutions, Inc. is planning to open a Milwaukee innovation center that will bring 300 tech jobs to the city.

Gov. Tony Evers on Monday announced a new emergency order allowing standalone or strip-mall based retail stores to offer in-person shopping for up to five customers at a time.

Preparing and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has been an “unmitigated disaster financially” for Advocate Aurora Health, chief executive officer Jim Skogsbergh said. 

The Independent Business Association of Wisconsin today urged Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers to re-open the state’s economy, which has been largely shut down by his “Safer at Home” order since late March in an attempt to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Brookfield-based payments giant Fiserv reported early signs of recovery from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic after enduring a decline in business due to shelter-in-place orders, the company recently announced in an earnings call.

Two community-based testing sites have begun offering free drive-thru and walk-up COVID-19 testing today in Milwaukee.

Mike Thirtle, president and chief executive officer of Brookfield-based Bethesda Lutheran Communities, made the call in late February that its residential facilities would shelter in place – a decision that came weeks before most governors began issuing social distancing orders.