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Public and private partners unite to provide health records in an emergency field hospital for New Yorkers Verona, Wis. – April 8, 2020 – New York has long been a city that comes together in times of crisis. While its healthcare workers fight on the front lines of the...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Baird leads $12.5 million investment round for company that helps manufacturers manage coronavirus
Last week, Baird Capital closed on $215 million for its fifth venture capital fund. Baird Capital, the Chicago-based investment arm of Milwaukee private investment and wealth management firm Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc., is investing in a Texas company developing...
WisBusiness: Internet companies seeing increased demand during pandemic
Internet companies are adjusting to the increase in demand as more Wisconsinites work, learn and play “safer at home.” “Every day in this COVID-19 world is a new day for us,” said AT&T Plains States President Scott VanderSanden. So it is with other telecom...
Guest column: COVID-19: Weathering the storm using tech, creativity and agility
By Nick Myers There’s no denying we are living in unprecedented times. The last month is both a testament and an eye-opener to how quickly life and the status quo can be disrupted. The United States left the 2010s and entered the 2020s amidst a decade-long period of...
NBC15: Gov. Evers suspends in-person voting, calls Special Session on Tuesday
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers ordered Tuesday’s Spring Election and Presidential Primary be delayed by more than two months - a move Republican leaders have already vowed to challenge. On Monday, a day before voting, he signed an Executive Order on Monday to push...
BusinessWire: American Family Insurance to Return $200 Million in Premium to Auto Customers
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dramatically alter driving habits and create financial uncertainty for individuals and families across the country, American Family Insurance will return approximately $200 million to its auto insurance customers. “American Family...
WisBusiness: Pivoting during a pandemic
Manufacturers in the state are ramping up their efforts to supply personal protective equipment such as face shields, as well as crucial parts for medical devices used in the pandemic response. Midwest Prototyping President Steven Grundahl says his company intends to...
Wisconsin State Journal: Madison Development Corporation raises sixth Venture Debt Fund of more than $6 million
Madison Development Corp. has raised more than $6 million for its sixth Venture Debt Fund to lend to growing companies in Dane County. The funding is available to high-tech companies that have raised venture capital or angel investment rounds and are generating...
Gov. Tony Evers has announced a new statewide initiative called “Resilient Wisconsin.”
"As we face COVID-19 in Wisconsin, resilience is how we'll band together and grow in the state in the face of unprecedented times," Evers said Friday. The purpose of the initiative and new website is to act as a tool for Wisconsinites to take care of themselves such...
Wisconsin State Journal: Promega Corp. product approved for use with CDC’s COVID-19 test
A Promega Corp. product received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to be used in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s test for the new coronavirus. The Fitchburg-based company announced Wednesday that one of its master mixes is approved...
Wisconsin State Journal: Rep. John Nygren: State should use a scalpel instead of a sledgehammer in response to coronavirus challenge
Gov. Tony Evers recently requested more than $1 billion, a blank check for the state Department of Health Services, and virtually limitless taxpayer-funded employees in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I know we all want to help our friends and neighbors during this...
AdvocateAuroraHealth: Respiratory advice for children with allergy season here
We’re leaving the peak respiratory season and entering the allergy season. Add to that the fear of COVID-19 and parents are rightfully concerned about their children’s fevers, coughs and sneezes. “My advice to parents is do not panic,” says Dr. Kevin Dahlman, a...