Contact: Saul Newton snewton@wiveteranschamber.org (920) 288-2646 MILWAUKEE – Today, the Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to Wisconsin legislators requesting the inclusion of disabled veteran owned businesses in the proposed development of the Foxconn property. “Foxconn’s decision to invest in Wisconsin represents an exciting opportunity for our state. Disabled veteran owned businesses deserve a seat at the table,” said Saul Newton, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce. “Disabled veteran business owners are a critical part of Wisconsin’s economy. They deserve the same consideration for a project requiring significant public investment as they would receive for any other state

Contact: Andrew Hellpap (608) 316-9786       ahellpap@uwhealth.org MADISON, Wis. – Researchers at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health have established a new mechanism that explains how red blood cells regenerate and survive in mice experiencing severe anemia. The findings were recently published in the journal Developmental Cell. Dr. Emery Bresnick, professor of Cell and Regenerative Biology at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, and his collaborators, demonstrated that anemia increases activity of a gene that generates a protein implicated in controlling cellular communication, also called signalling. Dr. Kyle Hewitt, an assistant scientist in Bresnick’s research group, led

Contact: Bill Arnold (414)286.3285 warnol@milwaukee.gov The recent announcement by President Trump and Governor Walker that a massive Foxconn plant will soon be coming to our state highlights a glaring hole in the economic development toolkit of southeastern Wisconsin – transit. With the potential to create up to 13,000 jobs over the course of the next few years along with a $10 billion investment, Foxconn could serve as an economic boon to Wisconsin – especially if workers earn livable wages. Terry Gou, the Foxconn Chairman has touted Wisconsin’s great manufacturing tradition as one of the driving reasons that his company decided