CONTACT:  Jonathan Barry, Executive Secretary (608) 266-8369 MADISON – The Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL) today approved slightly more than $5.2 million in State Trust Fund Loans to support six community projects in Wisconsin.  Board Chair Brad Schimel and Commissioner Doug La Follette voted in favor of the loans with Commissioner Matt Adamczyk voting against them. The BCPL approved the following loans: Village of Catawba, Price County / Finance sewer project / $25,000 Village of Keenan, Price County / Finance sewer project / $25,000 Town of Lawrence, Brown County / Finance TID #1 land acquisition / $4,229,642 Town of Mentor, Clark

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Contact: Jennifer Miller/Elizabeth Goodsitt (608) 266-1683 The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is requesting a five-year extension for its current Section 1115 BadgerCare Reform Demonstration Project Waiver. The current waiver expires onDecember 31, 2018, and per federal regulations, DHS must submit an extension request one year in advance of the waiver expiration. Per direction from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the request is being added to the current waiver amendment. The request will not change the waiver amendment DHS submitted to CMS previously. The extension will allow Wisconsin to continue to provide Medicaid coverage for adults between

PRESS RELEASE 11/20/2017 MADISON – Wisconsin Women in Government (WWIG), a statewide, bipartisan, non-profit organization of professional women in government service, is pleased to announce the appointment of five new members to the 2017-2018 Board of Directors as well as the board’s new leadership team. WWIG is pleased to announce these new board members: Elizabeth Benz, Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin, Inc. Maria Flores, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Amanda Graham, Wisconsin Legislature Rose Smyrski, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Kelly Zagrzebski, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation “Our organization is very excited to welcome these talented women to the WWIG Board of Directors,” WWIG

Contact: Sen. Jennifer Shilling, 608-266-5490 Rep. Gordon Hintz, 608-266-2254 GOP attacks on working families cost Wisconsin thousands of jobs MADISON, WI – Not only has Gov. Walker failed to deliver on his jobs promise, but a new report shows his economic policies have contributed to a 111,000 jobs deficit in Wisconsin. The report by the Center for American Progress found that Wisconsin would have added an additional 111,000 jobs had the state simply kept pace with the national rate of job growth. “Gov. Walker has a jobs problem and Wisconsin families are paying the price,” said Senate Democratic Leader Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse). “Over

Speaker Robin Vos (608) 266-3387 Rep.Vos@legis.wi.gov Madison…Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) is pleased with a new study recently published in the Journal of the American Society of Legislative Clerks and Secretariesthat shows that bipartisan agreements on Assembly operations have made a positive impact on the institution and democracy as a whole.  The study, “Organizing the Wisconsin State Assembly: The Role of Memoranda of Understanding,” found the previous two sessions with MOUs had more active floor days that rarely adjourned after 9 p.m. “Our goal was to have a more robust debate that was easier to follow,” said Speaker Vos. “We wanted to have

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Contact: Sean Lansing 608-286-5766 sl@champllc.com Luke Hilgemann and Sean Lansing will serve as campaign’s General Consultants [Madison, Wis.] – The Screnock for Justice Campaign announced Monday it has hired the Champion Group to serve as the campaign’s General Consultant for Wisconsin’s 2018 Supreme Court race. “The team at the Champion Group provides our campaign with more than a decade of experience in Wisconsin state and local elections,” said Sauk County Circuit Court Judge Michael Screnock. “As we ramp up our efforts and continue to build a diverse coalition of support from across the state, their track record of success in Wisconsin will