CONTACT:Ben Voelkel ben_voelkel@ronjohnson.senate.gov WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) today announced a bipartisan Senate resolution recognizing the importance and effectiveness of trauma-informed care. The bipartisan resolution highlights the importance of an issue that Wisconsin’s first lady, Tonette Walker, has prominently advocated. “Teachers, social workers and health care professionals often

CONTACT: Chase Tarrier, Public Policy Coordinator, End Domestic Abuse WI chaset@endabusewi.org, 608.237.3985 Madison— Advocates for victims of domestic violence all across Wisconsin are raising their voices in opposition to the Senate’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which could be scheduled for a vote in the US Senate today. With reports

CONTACT: Christine Dunbeck Communications and Public Relations Coordinator 414-755-4110 (direct) cdunbeck@wda.org WEST ALLIS, WIS., Dec. 1, 2017 – Gov. Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 258 yesterday into law. The new Patient Records Protection Act creates important protections for dental patients to ensure they have access to their records at all times,

CONTACT: Julaine Appling President 608-334-6435 Fax: 608-256-3370 info@wifamilyaction.org MADISON—Each year for the past 22 years, Wisconsin Family Council (WFC), the educational arm of Wisconsin Family Action (WFA), has displayed a Merry Christmas sign in the State Capitol Rotunda. The sign not only wishes everyone a Merry Christmas, but reminds viewers of

CONTACT: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI] — The Senate passed its version of a tax reform bill today that will provide real relief from Washington for Wisconsinites. To no surprise, Senator Tammy Baldwin voted against tax cuts for hard-working Wisconsin families – siding once again with Washington special interests.

CONTACT: Ben Voelkel ben_voelkel@ronjohnson.senate.gov WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) today announced his support for the tax bill being debated in the Senate after negotiating improved treatment for pass-through entities. Pass-throughs account for about 95 percent of all U.S. businesses, including many leading job creators in Wisconsin. “I appreciate

CONTACT: Sen. Steve Nass, (608) 266-2635 Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), author of Senate Bill 275, released the following statement regarding the verdict of a San Francisco jury in the killing of Kate Steinle and the status of the Wisconsin sanctuary city bill: “Kate Steinle was killed by a criminal illegal alien

CONTACT: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, who had threatened to vote against the deficit-exploding federal tax cut plan for the rich and corporations if it didn’t include a special tax break for his company Pacur, has gotten his wish

CONTACT: Steven Michels, (608) 267-7874 Madison – Many state of Wisconsin agencies are currently experiencing outages with web based applications. The Department of Administration, Division of Enterprise Technology is working with the vendor to fix the hardware issue. During this outage, state agency websites and processing functions may be temporarily unavailable.

CONTACT: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org MADISON — GOP Senate candidate and out-of-state billionaire puppet Kevin Nicholson continues to stand with Roy Moore and their mutual supporter, Illinois billionaire Dick Uihlein. Nicholson has refused to reject Uihlein’s support following a Wednesday call to do so. Nationally, Republicans have abandoned Moore as he faces

CONTACT: Rob Henken President, Public Policy Forum 414-276-8240 or 414-708-4392 (c) rhenken@publicpolicyforum.org A new report released today by the Milwaukee-based Public Policy Forum finds that teacher workforce challenges observed two years ago in both metro Milwaukee and across the state are not as severe, as overall turnover has diminished and the