Contact: Reid Magney, 608-267-7887 MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued the following statement to NBC Nightly News more than a week prior to their story Tuesday about cyber security: The Wisconsin Elections Commission has never detected a successful hacking attempt on its systems, nor has it ever been

Contact: Shannon Nelson, (608) 274-1820 MADISON – Wisconsin Hospital Association President/CEO Eric Borgerding released this statement following Gov. Scott Walker signing Senate Bill 770 into law during bill signing ceremonies today at Tomah Memorial Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital in Green Bay: “WHA not only watched, but vigorously engaged

Contact: Kathryn Schick, (608) 246-5501 Wisconsin, Under the First Lady, is Leading the Nation on Trauma Informed Care MADISON – First Lady Tonette Walker released the following statement today thanking lawmakers for passing House Resolution 443 (H. Res. 443) yesterday. H. Res. 443, sponsored by Representative Mike Gallagher (R –

Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839   Gov. Walker: “We Want to Provide Health Care Stability and Lower Premiums for Wisconsin” Signs State Reinsurance Program, Key Piece of Health Care Stability Plan into Law    MADISON – Governor Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 770 into law today at Tomah Memorial Hospital and HSHS

Contact: Aaron White Phone: 202-225-5506 Aaron.White@mail.house.gov Introduces Resolution to Protect a Free and Open Internet La Crosse – Today, Rep. Ron Kind introduced the bicameral Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval, which will override the Federal Communications Commission’s ruling limiting the free and open internet and reinstate the 2015 net

MADISON — Upper House in Madison invites Madison-area journalists to a free seminar on religion reporting Friday, March 9. The session features Bob Smietana, a veteran religion reporter and former president of the Religion News Association. His experience includes working at the Nashville Tennessean, Religion News Service, and Christianity Today. Smietana

Contact: Danielle Endvick, 715-471-0398 or dendvick@wisconsinfarmersunion.com MADISON – Farmers and family farm advocates from across the state gathered in Madison Feb. 21 for Wisconsin Farmers Union’s Farm and Rural Lobby Day. Sixty participants connected with their legislators on issues impacting family farms and rural communities. Attendees shared perspectives on the

Contact: Rep. Rob Summerfield (608) 266-1194 Opportunity for Public Comment on Area, State Issues Madison – Today, Rep. Rob Summerfield (R-Bloomer) announced the dates, times, and locations of his next new and rescheduled upcoming in-district listening sessions. They will be held over the afternoon and evening of March 8th and the morning

CONTACT: AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement after his meeting with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students: “These young people are smart and passionate, and I’m grateful to them for sharing their story. They have just experienced incredible tragedy, and we had

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov (202) 224 – 6225 The “No Fly, No Buy” legislation would prohibit known or suspected terrorists from purchasing firearms WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin joined a bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), in introducing the Terrorist Firearms Prevention

Contact: Rep. Katrina Shankland Office: (608) 267-9649 Location will be at The Landmark in Amherst            STEVENS POINT – Representative Katrina Shankland (D–Stevens Point) is pleased to announce her upcoming office hours on Friday, March 2. Rep. Shankland hosts office hours every month around the 71st Assembly District to

CONTACT: Ryan Billingham, Communications Director, Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters, 608-208-1129 (office), 608-213-6972 (mobile/text), or ryan@conservationvoters.org MADISON – Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters today released the Wisconsin delegation’s scores on the League of Conservation Voters’ 2017 National Environmental Scorecard. The Scorecard is the primary yardstick for evaluating the environmental records

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 NRA Joined by Groups Opposing Birth Control and Equal Rights for All in Supporting Screnock’s Wisconsin Supreme Court Campaign MADISON, Wis. — Only after embarrassing headlines has state high court candidate Mike Screnock’s campaign released an email it said it sent

Contact: Melanie Conklin, 608-260-2409 MADISON — The following is a statement from the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s Chair Martha Laning on Gov. Scott Walker’s signing of his $200 million “reinsurance” plan: “Today Gov. Scott Walker is trumpeting his election year attempt to disguise just how utterly damaging his years of fighting the

Contact: George Althoff, Communications Director, 608-261-4504 MADISON – Net lending grew by 9.8 percent at Wisconsin’s state-chartered banks in 2017 compared to 2016, according to data released by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI). Compared to 2016, Wisconsin’s 161 state-chartered banks in 2017: Increased net loans to $38.7 billion, up

Contact: Ben Voelkel OSHKOSH — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) released a new episode of his podcast “Hey, Wisconsin” featuring a conversation with the team who brought the Joseph Project to central Wisconsin. This week marks the fourth Joseph Project class in Wausau, and the 44th class overall.  The Wausau class is organized

Contact: Lauren Hitt, 443-370-3205, lauren@randybryceforcongress.com RACINE, WI – Democratic congressional candidate Randy Bryce released the following statement on Speaker Ryan’s announcement today that “House Republicans would focus on law enforcement failures, not tighter gun control, in the wake of the latest mass shooting.” Bryce is running to replace Speaker Ryan in Wisconsin’s First Congressional District. “Nearly