CONTACT: John E. Peck, FFD executive director #608-260-0900 familyfarmdefenders@yahoo.com Jim Goodman, FFD board member #608-489-2291 r.j.goodman@mwt.net Madison, Wisconsin – April 6, 2017 The North American Free Trade Agreement must be replaced with a transparent trade agreement that ensures: farmers in all three nations receive fair prices for their production, consumers are guaranteed the right to know the content and origin of their food and strong environmental protections are put in place to protect the sustainability of rural communities. While the current structure of NAFTA has increased trade between Canada, Mexico and the United States, farm profit margins did not increase.

Media Contact: Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020, William2.Cosh@wisconsin.gov MADISON – DATCP Secretary Ben Brancel and New York Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard Ball today urged USDA to assist in providing urgently needed assistance to the Wisconsin and New York dairy industries victimized by Canada’s recent actions to shut down the ultra-filtered milk trade from U.S. producers. “DATCP’s Farm Center staff is contacting all milk processors across Wisconsin and in other parts of the country to assist Wisconsin dairy farmers impacted by Canada’s actions,” Brancel wrote in a letter to Acting Deputy Secretary Michael Young.  Brancel and Ball wrote:

April 7, 2017 – Milwaukee, WI – Today the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed a response to the recently submitted petition from fifty-four retired judges relating to recusal rules triggered by otherwise legal campaign contributions. In January, these fifty-four judges submitted a petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to change recusal rules for a judge who has received campaign contributions. WILL opposes the petition because the proposed changes are inconsistent with an elected judiciary and the concomitant First Amendment rights of Wisconsin citizens to support judicial candidates and express themselves on issues that are pertinent to judicial elections.

CONTACT: Molly Collins, ACLU of Wisconsin, 414-272-4032 x 215, media@aclu-wi.org Ryan Karerat, ACLU, 212-284-7388, rkarerat@aclu.org MILWAUKEE – The national ACLU, ACLU of Wisconsin, and volunteer attorneys from the law firm Hawks Quindel sued Wisconsin’s state university system and insurance board today over their refusal to provide gender-affirming health insurance coverage to state employees who are transgender. The suit was filed on behalf of Alina Boyden, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Shannon Andrews, a cancer researcher at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. “The state continues to deny our clients coverage for medically necessary treatment simply because

Contact: George Penn, 608-244- 6436, geo_penn@charter.net Madison, WI (April 5, 2017) – On Tuesday, April 4th, Wisconsin residents in eight communities voted to amend the U.S. Constitution to clarify that only human beings should have inalienable human rights and money is not the same thing as free speech. All referenda passed with overwhelming majorities: Racine (81%), Monona (91%), Fox Crossing (81%), Blue Mounds (88%) and the towns of Crystal Lake (79%), Caledonia in Waupaca County (70%), Blue Mounds (84%) and Jordan (71%). It was not on the ballot in the town of Neshkoro, as previously reported. That brings the total

CONTACT Nicole Tieman, 202-225-5101 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner released the following statement on the Senate confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court: Congressman Sensenbrenner: “Time and again, Judge Gorsuch has proven himself an ardent defender of the Constitution, a faithful advocate for the sanctity of human life, and a prudent judicial practitioner who has served with humility, integrity, and candor. His confirmation today is a victory for the American people and our judicial system. I have no doubt he will continue to serve this nation with honor and the utmost respect for the