Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org MADISON — Following tonight’s GOP U.S. Senate primary debate, Brad Bainum, DPW spokesperson for the 2018 Senate race, released the following statement: “Every Wisconsinite should be concerned after tonight’s debate: Leah Vukmir and Kevin Nicholson are bought and paid for by mega-donors and powerful special interests and they’re running on a corporate-giveaway agenda that would protect the worst of Washington corruption while inflicting real pain on hardworking Wisconsin families.”

Contact: Shawn N. Reilly, Mayor Phone: 262-524-3697 Email: sreilly@waukesha-wi.gov Waukesha, WI (May 31, 2018) – The City of Waukesha is proud it will receive, along with the City of Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Policy Forum’s Intergovernmental Cooperation Award. The “Salute to Local Government” Awards recognize “governments and school districts for innovative problem solving, effective use of technology, partnership, and cooperation.” “Last year, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and I made a historic announcement of a water agreement between Waukesha and Milwaukee,” Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly said. “This was an important collaboration for the common good of our residents and businesses. We are

Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI] — The crowded field of Democrat candidates for governor are tripping over themselves trying to run further to the left than ever before. Today, the Republican Party of Wisconsin is launching a new digital ad campaign and website making the case against the Democrats’ dangerous records of failing to stand up for hard-working families and supporting backward policies that would imperil Wisconsin’s comeback – showing that this primary is a dangerous race to the left. “The ten Democrats running for governor are engaged in a dangerous race to the left, from their failures

Contact: Susan Lampert Smith 11 a.m. CST Thursday, May 31, 2018 (608) 513-6946 Ssmith5@uwhealth.org MADISON, Wis. – Dr. Robert Fettiplace, who pioneered techniques to better understand the physiology of hearing, was announced today as one of the winners of the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, one of the world’s pre-eminent scientific honors, for work that helped unravel the mysteries hearing and deafness. Fettiplace, the Steenbock Professor of Neural and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, will receive a gold medal and share the $1 million Kavli Prize in Neuroscience with fellow hearing researchers Dr.

WAUSAU, Wis. – Today, Attorney General Brad Schimel announced the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) is now offering a Dose of Reality to Native American Tribal Communities on the dangers of misusing opioid and narcotic pain medications. In addition to customized brochures, flyers, and posters, online advertisements will run throughout the summer, targeted at young tribal members and their influencers – parents, caregivers and elders. “Here’s a dose of reality: nonmedical use of opioids in Native American youth occurs two-to-three times more than with other ethnic groups,” said Attorney General Schimel. “I’m excited to partner with tribal communities to bring

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225 Updated Dairy Margin Protection Program provides better resources for Wisconsin dairy farmers Farmers encouraged to contact local Farm Service Agency office for details WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin joined a bipartisan group of Senators urging Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to extend the June 1 deadline for re-enrollment in the Dairy Margin Protection Program (MPP), which provides more cost-effective protections for Wisconsin dairy farmers. The USDA provided similar extensions in 2014 and 2016. Because many dairy farmers are in the middle of spring planting season, Senator Baldwin and her colleagues, led by Senator Tina Smith

Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org MADISON — Republican Party-endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir and her opponent Kevin Nicholson may put on a show of feigned “civility” at tonight’s Republican Women of Dane County candidate forum — after all, they nearly made it through last month’s Americans for Prosperity debate without throwing punches. But make no mistake: Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senate primary has been defined by Vukmir and Nicholson taking increasingly ultraconservative, extreme policy positions while they’ve lobbed escalating personal attacks at each other. A veneer of civility at tonight’s forum would surely be a cause for celebration among Wisconsin Republicans.