CONTACT  AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—Reverend Patrick J. Conroy will step down as House Chaplain next month after seven years in the post. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) thanked Father Conroy for his service to the people’s House: “As chaplain, Father Conroy has been a great source of strength and

Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839   93 bills signed into law at the Wisconsin State Capitol   MADISON – Governor Scott Walker signed bills into law expanding outdoor recreational activities across the state, creating an interagency talent attraction campaign to bring millennials, Wisconsin alumni, and transitioning veterans back to Wisconsin, and

Tom Sheehan Court Information Officer (608) 261-6640 Madison, Wis. – The number of juvenile and family drug-treatment court programs available in Wisconsin is expected to increase in coming years, thanks to new grant programs approved by the Legislature and Gov. Scott Walker. Legislation signed into law earlier this month (2017

Monday, April 23 at Genna’s MADISON — The Madison chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is hosting a happy hour event with leading climate writer and former New York Times reporter Justin Gillis on Monday, April 23. Gillis is currently working on a book about solving global warming, and spent nearly a decade at

Contact: Van Wanggaard, 608-266-1832 Local Issues, Government Efficiency and Law Enforcement Highlighted MADISON – This afternoon, Governor Walker signed 4 bills authored by Senator Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) into law. The new laws protect taxpayers, helps law enforcement officers, and provide funding to conservation efforts in western Racine and Kenosha counties.

CONTACT: Eric Bott, EBott@afphq.org New law provides Wisconsin small businesses with regulatory certainty MADISON, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin today commended Governor Scott Walker for signing the Employment Law Standardization Act into law. The new law provides statewide standard for employment law, protecting workers from the unintended consequences of local over-regulation and

Speaker Ryan Press Office | https://spkrryan.us/2HCX6wr This afternoon, Speaker Ryan sat down with a number of conservative leaders to discuss the congressional agenda for the months ahead. In particular, he thanked them for their efforts in passing the historic Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which is already improving the lives

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov, 202-224-6225  Following the fourth anniversary of the kidnapping of more than 200 girls from school, Senators call on U.S. and Nigerian governments to defeat the terrorist organization  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced a

CONTACT: Marilyn Goris Weisman, 414-736-6217, magoris2001@gmail.com Racine Diversion Request Raises Serious Questions; Compact Coalition Urges Regional Review MADISON & MILWAUKEE — The Wisconsin Compact Implementation Coalition (CIC) is urging the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Water Resources Regional Body to initiate a formal review of the City of Racine’s proposal to divert Great Lakes

Contact: Rep. Terry Katsma, 608.266.0656 Rep. Evan Goyke, 608.266.0645 Wisconsin counties now have important tools to target bad actors and increase auction sale competition MADISON- Today bi-partisan legislation authored by Rep. Terry Katsma (R-Oostburg) and Rep. Evan Goyke (D-Milwaukee) that makes common sense changes to Wisconsin’s sheriff sale process was

Contact: Supervisor Sequanna Taylor Sequanna.taylor@milwaukeecountywi.gov or 414-731-5052 MLWAUKEE – The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors elected Sequanna Taylor as Second Vice Chairwoman for the 2018 -2020 term today. This is Supervisor Taylor’s second term on the County Board, and will be first as Second Vice Chairwoman. Supervisor Taylor thanked her

CONTACT STATE REP. JOHN MACCO (608) 266-0485 Madison…Today, Governor Walker signed into law Assembly Bill 819 Partners with Business. Representative John Macco (R-Ledgeview) released the following statement: “I am excited to see my Partners with Business bill signed into law.” said Rep. Macco. “This is a unique model which has