Ald. Jim Bohl (414) 286-3870 Alderman Bohl offers food for thought on reducing lead in water and paint In a newly released white paper, Alderman Jim Bohl suggests the City of Milwaukee should look at a more effective strategy for reducing lead in tap water and in the home. “Quite frankly, I see the plan to replace lead water lines across the entire city as incredibly daunting, expensive, and not solving the problem,” Alderman Bohl said. “We are talking about an endeavor that DPW now estimates will likely cost more than a billion dollars and based upon current spending rates

CONTACT: Jeanan Yasiri Moe, Director of Strategic Communications, jyasirimoe@warf.org, (608) 890-1491 The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation publishes a collection of essays from two dozen state leaders on the importance of innovation to the well-being of Wisconsin MADISON, Wisconsin, February 27, 2018 – The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has collected opinions from Wisconsin leaders in a new web series of articles called “Innovation and the Wisconsin Idea.” Contributors include university researchers and educators, business leaders and entrepreneurs, investors, and public officials who share their views on the crucial interdependence between university innovations and the strength of the Wisconsin economy. A link to the web

CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Macie Malone, (866) FRC-NEWS WASHINGTON, D.C. – Family Research Council (FRC) Action recently released its annual scorecard for the First Session of the 115th Congress. U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) is among a new record of 245 Members of Congress who scored a perfect 100 percent for votes cast last year. He was recently presented with FRC Action’s “True Blue” award for displaying unwavering commitment and consistent support of faith, family, and freedom. Votes in the U.S. House and Senate included: • No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion • Disapproval of Obama’s HHS Title X Rule •

Contact: Chris Rochester, crochester@maciverinstitute.com Healy: “Unions need to realize they can’t force someone to join and they can’t bully taxpayers into submission.” MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin unions just can’t seem to let go of their dead-end quest to undo the most important government reform we have seen in decades – Act 10. The unions, Operating Engineers of Wisconsin Local 139 and Local 420, see an opportunity to clog up the court system with yet another doomed challenge to Act 10 using the Janus v. AFSCME case in the U.S. Supreme Court as a pretense. Two other cases brought by unions