Contact: Brandon Weathersby, 414-364-6729, brandon@andygronik.com MILWAUKEE – After learning of the Republican Party of Wisconsin’s intention to challenge Andy Gronik’s nomination signatures, Gronik for Wisconsin, Inc. Communications Director, Brandon Weathersby, issued the following statement: “These accusations go beyond the typical dog-whistle and red meat politics we’ve grown to expect from Scott Walker’s political machine — it is blatantly and offensively racist to suggest that a significant number of Andy’s signatures are invalid simply because the signers come from Milwaukee, or because the signatures were collected by black and brown folks in Milwaukee. But Andy is not intimidated by Walker’s disgusting tactics, and

Contact: Dianna Murphy, diannamurphy@wisc.edu MADISON-Gautam Malik, chief operating officer of Stevens Point-based manufacturer Gamber-Johnson, has witnessed first-hand how a multilingual workforce can provide a competitive edge for business. “The bigger market opportunities today exist outside of America,” Malik said. “Some of these emerging markets like Brazil, India, and China are huge for us, and for us to penetrate those markets, we need to meet people with the right language skill sets.” Wisconsin leaders from multiple sectors – business, health and human services, nonprofits, education, and community organizations – have drafted recommendations for meeting the state’s current and future workforce and

MEDIA CONTACT: Casey Langan, Sand County Foundation 608.663.4605 ext. 32, clangan@sandcountyfoundation.org Landowners crucial to its next chapter Bringing a rare bird species back from the brink makes a great comeback story. But the story of the Kirtland’s warbler is far from over, according to the Sand County Foundation. The nation’s leading voice for private land conservation says further progress for the bird relies heavily on private landowners and non-governmental organizations committed to conservation. There are practical, low-cost opportunities for private partnerships to build upon the bird’s success which has until now been achieved mainly on public land. The Kirtland’s warbler

Contact: Justin Bielinski justin@mandelabarnes.com 414-208-9283 Oskhosh — This weekend, from June 1st through June 2nd, Wisconsin Democrats held their annual convention at the Oshkosh Convention center. Over 1,000 Democrats from across the state were in attendance as party activists and guests met to discuss policy, hear speeches from current elected officials, socialize, and meet with dozens of candidates for office in the 2018 elections As is tradition, WisPolitics, a non-partisan news source on all things political in Wisconsin, conducted a straw poll of convention attendees to take the pulse of Democrats on the candidates running for office in 2018. In

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 New York Times Reports Federal Prosecutors Regret Letting Manufacturer Execs Off the Hook in 2007, Declare it Was a Lost Opportunity to Slow Addiction Crisis MADISON, Wis. — A New York Times story reveals principals at Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of opioid painkiller oxycontin, knew about the dangers of abuse of their drug as early as 1996 and covered it up. The report also features federal officials expressing regret about how failing to aggressively prosecute pharmaceutical executives, “… meant that a critical chance to slow the trajectory of the opioid epidemic