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Protecting doctors is Alison Craig’s job, but the COVID-19 global pandemic isn’t making it easy. For her four years as chief of staff for Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin, the Madison pediatrician has been charged with overseeing several dozen...

Every ventilator we get off the end of our line and out of our building is saving a life,” said Trevar Smedal, who works at Madison’s GE Datex-Ohmeda manufacturing plant, where production has ramped up and shifts have been added so that assembly of the life-saving...

Northwestern Mutual has pledged $1.5 million in support of nonprofits nationwide that are providing immediate relief in response to COVID-19. The grants, made through the Milwaukee-based life insurance company’s foundation, are focused on addressing food and essential...

Waukesha County Technical College is donating thousands of personal protective equipment and medical supply items to local and state agencies to protect healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak. The College’s School of Protective and Human Services, which...

The parent company of We Energies had big plans for its annual shareholders’ meeting — holding it at the New York Stock Exchange and giving directors the opportunity to ring the closing bell — but the company changed course due to the COVID-19 pandemic and may hold a...

While many Wisconsin businesses have closed to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, some companies have shifted gears to help hospitals and health care workers. Health care providers across the country have reported ongoing and dire shortages of personal protective...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: The Podcast” features Katie Hill, founder of Rebel Wellness, a company that provides programming to help businesses de-stress their employees. After experiencing the stresses and anxiety of a heavy workload herself, Hill realized...

The federal stimulus package recently passed by the Senate is expected to help keep businesses in Wisconsin afloat if it becomes law. But uncertainty clouds the future for many companies in the state, particularly those hit hardest by the response to the coronavirus...

Madison Development Corp., a nonprofit that owns and manages affordable housing units in the Madison area and provides venture debt loans to startups in Dane County, has raised more than $6.2 million for its sixth fund. Since 2004, the MDC Venture Debt Fund has...

A new Milwaukee social impact startup is working to close diversity gaps within communications and creative industries. Colorful Connections, founded last year by Morgan Phelps, specializes in matching companies with diverse talent, such as women, and black, brown and...