Contact: Mark Maley, 608.210.6706 mark.maley@wedc.org   WEDC-sponsored trip will help open doors for Wisconsin businesses MADISON, WI, Feb. 27, 2017 – Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch is inviting Wisconsin companies who are new to exporting or looking to expand their efforts to join her and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC)

Contact: Amanda L. Brink Email: tonyforwisconsin@gmail.com Madison — February 25th, 2017 news reports broke that while he was Superintendent of Whitnall School District, Lowell Holtz, used his tax-payer funded work day and school resources to compose emails to benefit his campaign. Dated May 25th, 2016, the email includes references to

Contact: Colleen Flaherty, 608.266.5504 MADISON – Today Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) released the following statement on the Attorney General’s office decision to take the redistricting case to the Supreme Court: “This is an egregious waste of taxpayer dollars. A federal court agreed with the plaintiffs that our state had

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2017 Contact: Melanie Conklin (608) 258-9800 MADISON – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) announced today that he is honored to be joined by Lupe Salmeron, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient and student at Edgewood College, as his guest to President Trump’s Joint

For Immediate Release Contact: Sen. Hansen 608-266-5670 “With today’s decision by state Republicans to appeal the federal court ruling that found them to have engaged in unconstitutional gerrymandering, justice for Wisconsin’s voters is being delayed and state taxpayers are being forced to foot the bill. After spending over $2 million

February 24, 2017 – Milwaukee, WI – Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court denied a request by Voces de la Frontera to obtain unredacted copies of I-247 immigration detainer forms in the possession of Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. The Court’s decision turns on the interpretation of a particular federal immigration

MADISON—In response to the state’s filing of a US Supreme Court appeal in Whitford v. Gill today, the Fair Elections Project issued the following statements: “The people of Wisconsin want a fair map, drawn in an open and transparent process, not more shenanigans,” said Sachin Chheda, Director of the Fair

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinInstitute.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — A three judge panel on the Seventh Circuit Federal Court of Appeals today heard oral arguments in appeals of the federal voting rights case One Wisconsin Institute, et. al. v. Thomsen, et. al. A lower court decision in July 2016

MADISON – State Representative Jonathan Brostoff issued a statement on the deployed of 17 Wisconsin State Troopers and inspectors to North Dakota to help with the removal of protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), a national disaster-relief compact that offers assistance during

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov, (202) 224 – 6225   Thirteen Senators to President Trump: “It is a small price to pay for the unparalleled honor and gravity of your post that you not attempt to capitalize financially on the presidency” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following news that the Chinese government awarded the Trump Organization a

For more information contact: Speaker Robin Vos (608) 266-3387 Madison…Assembly Republicans are calling on the Wisconsin delegation in the U.S. Senate to support Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. A group of 52 members of the Assembly Republican caucus sent a letter to Senators Ron Johnson and Tammy

CONTACT: ROBERT ANDERSON, (608) 264-5158 MADISON, WIS. — John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cornelius Stewart, 22, Madison, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to two years in federal prison for passing counterfeit U.S. currency at numerous merchants in

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Contact: Baldwin (202) 224–6225, Tester (202) 228–0374 U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Jon Tester Urge VA to Support Student Veterans  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jon Tester (D-MT) are urging the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to more strongly support our student veterans. In a letter, the Senators

Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman | sfreeman@vdlf.org | 414.469.9206 MILWAUKEE, WI – This morning the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned rulings by a Circuit Court judge and a unanimous Appeals Court and held that Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke does not have to provide any information about who his office is turning over

Contact: Robert Hansen, Chair 414-939-3367 media@milwaukeedems.org The Democratic Party of Milwaukee County strongly condemns the most recent bomb threat on Milwaukee’s Jewish Community Center. This was the second such threat received in just three weeks, just one part of a huge surge in threats to Jewish community centers, synagogues and

Contact: (608) 266-5342 MADISON, WI – In 2015, Tony Robinson was shot and killed by Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny. Yesterday, Tony’s family settled a lawsuit against the city for $3.35 million. Rep. Chris Taylor (D-Madison) issued the following statement: “I send my heartfelt sympathy to the friends and family of