Contact: Jason Rae, (715) 790-4334 jason@wislgbtchamber.com MILWAUKEE — The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce and Fair Wisconsin proudly announced the formation of Wisconsin Businesses for Equality, a coalition committed to updating Wisconsin’s non-discrimination law to protect our transgender community. Founding members include Froedtert Health, Kohler Co., ManpowerGroup, Milwaukee Bucks and UW Health. “We believe it’s time to update and modernize our state laws to add nondiscrimination protections based on gender identity and expression,” said Jason Rae, President & CEO of the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce. “We must embrace diversity by enabling all individuals to cultivate their skillsets and develop

CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — IRS records show a Milwaukee based fund gave significant financial support to James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas. The Bradley Impact Fund is a fundraising operation off-shoot of the Bradley Foundation, and has given out more than $5 million in the last two reporting years. Gov. Scott Walker’s longtime campaign chair Mike Grebe is the vice president of the Bradley Impact Fund and until recently ran the nearly $900 million Bradley Foundation. “The utterly despicable nature of Project Veritas has been exposed by their latest antics, seeking to undermine the credibility

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov (202) 224 – 6225 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin today introduced four separate amendments to the Republican tax bill in the Senate. “I think we need to make our tax system simpler and fairer for hardworking families, small businesses and manufacturers. That is what I have been working for,” said Senator Baldwin. “But the Republican plan is a tax giveaway to the top 1% wealthiest few and powerful corporations. This partisan legislation lets Wall Street keep a tax loophole while most Americans earning less than $75,000 a year would see tax increases. That’s not right and

Contact: LAURIE FISCHER 920-366-1880 info@americandairycoalitioninc.com The American Dairy Coalition requests FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb to take immediate action and prohibit the use of “milk” in product labels used on plant-based alternative products. Consumers rely on product labels, titles and advertising to make educated decisions on food products their families consume. Plant-based dairy alternatives that use the term “milk” vary dramatically in nutritional content from the FDA Federal Standard of Identity in law for milk products. Allowing manufactures of dairy-alternative products to imitate true dairy products through use of the world “milk” requires FDA regulatory action. The FDA must stop

Contact: Emily Feagles Director, Marketing & Communications efeagles@foxcitieschamber.com APPLETON, Wis. (November 30, 2017) – The Fox Cities Chamber will hold its annual Report to the Community on Thursday, January 18, 2018. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. with a light breakfast and networking. The Report will commence at 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. The event is scheduled to be held at The Best Western Premier Bridgewood Resort Hotel & Conference Center, located at 1000 Cameron Way, Neenah, Wisconsin 54956. Chamber members and non-members are encouraged to attend this annual event that will feature stories told from Chamber partners about their

Contact: Brendan Conway (414) 937-3250 Milwaukee, WI – The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) will keep a seat open and the headlights shining on its entire fleet on Friday, December 1, 2017, to honor the life of Rosa Parks and her contribution to equal rights. Parks was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala., on December 1, 1955. Her small act of civil disobedience led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation on public transportation. “Now, more than ever, Rosa Parks courage and beliefs should inspire us every day. This

MADISON, Wis. – This week, Attorney General Brad Schimel, the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Crime Victim Services (OCVS), and Wisconsin U.S. Attorneys’ Offices hosted the 2017 Wisconsin Human Trafficking Conference in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. More than 500 attendees from across the state will learn about the complex issues surrounding the crime of human trafficking. “To hold traffickers accountable and support survivors, we continue to collaborate at every level,” said Attorney General Schimel. “This conference brings together stakeholders in Wisconsin and around the country who are working to deliver services to survivors and to promote a trauma-informed, victim

Contact Brad Wojciechowski 920.540.5875, press@beauforcongress.com Green Bay — “As a prosecutor, a father, and a husband, I am appalled by the recent news reports on Congress’ $17 million taxpayer secret slush fund used to hide sexual assault committed by powerful men. This is not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue, this is a cultural issue. It is a sign of the dysfunction in Congress that we cannot find bipartisan solutions to health care and middle-class tax reform, yet both parties find agreement in using our tax dollars to cover up sexual harassment cases. We should not tolerate this. We

Contact: Bernadette Green, (202) 225-2476 (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today questioned officials on the effectiveness of three federal agencies’ Regulatory Reform Task Forces during a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy and Environment hearing. Witnesses at the hearing included The Honorable David Bernhardt, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Interior (DOI), Ms. Brittany Bolen, Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Mr. Daniel Simmons, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy (DOE). Excerpts of Grothman’s

CONTACT AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement after meeting with Mexico’s Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal: “Secretary Guajardo and I had a very productive meeting today. Mexico has long been one of our country’s most reliable trading partners, which in turn supports nearly 6.7 million American jobs. We are determined to strengthen these ties. Right now, Congress is working to enhance trade relations with our southernmost neighbor to advance our shared priorities. I expect the administration will continue to work with us to modernize NAFTA and bolster our robust

CONTACT: Nicole Anspach, Public Information Officer DSPSNewsroom@wisconsin.gov Madison, WI – This morning the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services’ (DSPS) Managing Director of the Wisconsin Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, Andrea Magermans, testified before the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on the features, impact, and effectiveness of the Wisconsin Enhanced Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (WI ePDMP). “We are proud to administer a program that has proven to be an effective tool in the fight against the opioid epidemic,” said DSPS Secretary Laura Gutiérrez. “Today, we welcome the opportunity to share with our partners in