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As Wisconsin's COVID-19 testing capacity has more than doubled this week, Department of Health Services officials are encouraging health care providers to order tests more widely for their patients. 

What had been tapped to be a momentous summer for Port Milwaukee's cruise ship traffic has taken a slight turn due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Several Republicans in the state Legislature are criticizing the move by Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday to extend his ‘Safer at Home’ order for the state to May 26, in an attempt to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wisconsin.

The total number of initial unemployment claims filed in Wisconsin during the last four weeks is greater than any 12-week period in data that goes back to 1987.

The Milwaukee-based Zilber Family Foundation is granting $3 million in emergency funding to support nonprofit organizations as they respond to COVID-19. 

Wisconsin needs to engage in a "smart restart of its economy" involving a phased re-opening of businesses based on regional and statewide health data and trends, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce president Tim Sheehy said today.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has extended his Safer at Home order to May 26, while easing a few restrictions on some businesses. 

The developers of 4200 On The Lake, a 236-unit luxury apartment building on Lake Michigan in St. Francis, are moving forward with construction work even as the state and region deal the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

As the coronavirus, and the economic fallout created by the response to the virus, have hit the United States, many have sought comparisons to prior downturns.

With so many customers stuck at home, several Wisconsin-based auto insurers and insurance companies across the country are providing financial relief to policy holders in the form of discounts or cash and credit refunds.