CONTACT: Noel Fritsch NoelF@ElectNehlen.com 202.374.7371 Delavan, WI – Republican Paul Nehlen today released a video in which he uses his finger and a semi-automatic rifle to demonstrate that a bump stock is not needed to simulate automatic fire, contrary to media reports flooding the airwaves in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre. “Congress shouldn’t let people who misunderstood the latest James Bond movie write our gun laws,” declares Nehlen, in response to Paul Ryan and Republican leadership’s self-professed ignorance on bump-firing semi-automatic rifles. “What’s Congress gonna do? Outlaw fingers?” Nehlen asks after bump-firing his M214 without a bump stock. “I

CONTACT: Nick Novak, 608.258.3400 MADISON – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) released its second video on Monday in a series that promotes Manufacturing Month and the rewarding careers available in the industry. The theme for week two of Manufacturing Month is High-Tech Manufacturing. “They are not your father’s manufacturing jobs,” says Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch in this week’s video. “They are tremendously high paying and the jobs take place in clean environments.” The WMC video shows the bright, clean and technology-filled floor of the John Deere Horicon Works facility. Specifically, the video highlights John Deere’s use of robots that automatically

CONTACT: Cary Forest, (608) 263-0486, cary.forest@wisc.edu MADISON – The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $12.5 million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to develop an integrated facility that will expand the frontier of plasma physics research. Combining and extending two existing projects, the Big Red Plasma Ball and the Madison Symmetric Torus, the new Wisconsin Plasma Physics Laboratory, or WiPPL, will research fundamental properties of plasma in order to better understand our universe, where the hot gas is abundant. The new project will join the expertise of more than two dozen UW-Madison scientists and technicians with outside plasma researchers, who

CONTACT: Raisa Koltun, Chief of Staff 414.278.4338 Office Raisa.Koltun@MilwaukeeCountyWI.gov MILWAUKEE – Come January 1st, 2018, Milwaukee County residents could see permanent “CLOSED” signs on all five County senior centers, Milwaukee County Parks King and Kosciuszko Community Centers, Boerner Botanical Gardens, the Mitchell Park Domes, and more. Milwaukee County Transit System bus routes would be eliminated, with significant route reductions to a dozen other routes that serve MATC and suburban job centers. The GO Pass program that provides discounted tickets to people with disabilities and seniors would also be eliminated. The Milwaukee County Veterans Services Office would cease the Needy Veterans Fund, which supports

CONTACT: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker today announced a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) major disaster declaration for 11 counties impacted by flooding in western Wisconsin in July. The counties included in the declaration are Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Jackson, La Crosse, Lafayette, Monroe, Richland, Trempealeau and Vernon Counties. “We are pleased these communities will receive this disaster assistance from FEMA,” said Governor Walker. “I would like to thank President Trump and FEMA for providing this assistance. It will help many communities as they continue to repair roads and bridges left damaged by the flash floods.” Severe storms

CONTACT: Beth Moss, 608-266-5038 office, 608-215-0466 cell, Beth.Moss@Wisconsin.gov Sheboygan, WI – Katie Williams is a person with a disability who works at Caan’s Floral and Greenhouses as a Part-time Green House Assistant. Her duties include assembling boxes and caring for the plants. Rep Vorpagel’s visit is part of the Take Your Legislator to Work Campaign, organized each year by the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (BPDD). The statewide campaign coordinates visits between legislators and their constituents with disabilities. During visits, legislators learn more about the economic and societal impacts of inclusion on their local communities. The visit is

CONTACT: Brian Rothgery 414-278-4230 or brian.rothgery@milwaukeecountywi.gov MILWAUKEE – Supervisor Peggy A. West, Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, released a detailed schedule today of committee meetings and public hearings on the 2018 Milwaukee County budget. The Finance and Audit Committee will meet several times at the Milwaukee County Courthouse during October, and will hold two public hearings in the community to listen to the public. “County Executive Abele gave us no good options with his 2018 budget proposal. He gave us two bad choices: increase the wheel tax to $60 per vehicle,

CONTACT: Melanie Conklin, melaniec@wisdems.org, 608-260-2409 MADISON — Over the weekend we received the news that former United States Representative Gerald ‘Jerry’ Kleczka, a Wisconsin Democrat representing the 4th Congressional District from 1984 to 2005, had passed away. In addition to his two decades in Congress, Rep. Kleczka also served in the state Assembly and Senate, where he was Assistant Majority Leader and Chair of the Joint Finance Committee. His career centered around tirelessly helping his constituents and community in Milwaukee, with a steadfast focus on national and state policy designed to better the lives of the poor, the disadvantaged and the elderly. After leaving elected

CONTACT: Todd A. Berry or Dale Knapp 608.241.9789 or wistax@wistax.org MADISON—Despite Wisconsin adding more than 180,000 jobs since the 2007-09 recession, employment declined in 16 of the state’s 72 counties during 2009-16. A closer look at economic conditions shows 22 counties, mostly in northern and central Wisconsin, significantly lagging state averages. “These contrasting trends suggest that policymakers err in concentrating on the statewide economy,” Todd A. Berry, President of the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance (WISTAX) said, discussing WISTAX’s new report, “Falling Behind? Post-Recession Recovery Leaves Out Some Counties.” Now in its 85th year, WISTAX is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to public