CONTACT: Rep. Amy Loudenbeck Rep.Loudenbeck@legis.wi.gov (608) 266-9967 Madison – Today, Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) was recognized by the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin (PFFW) as 2018’s Legislator of the Year for leading on several bills for Fire and EMS, as well as her support for public safety during the last legislative session. Loudenbeck has been a strong supporter of public safety and the fire service in the legislature and in life. She is a former volunteer firefighter for the Town of Linn in Walworth County and is married to a career firefighter/paramedic. “Communities across Wisconsin rely on Fire and EMS

District efforts paying off for graduating students Media Contact Andy Nelson, Media Manager | Cell: (414) 688-9664 | Email: nelsonai@milwaukee.k12.wi.us MILWAUKEE (June 12, 2018) – Milwaukee Public Schools will announce another record-breaking amount of scholarship dollars earned by students on Thursday, June 14 at South Division High School. The current total will be secret until Thursday morning, but the district promises an eye-popping total that shatters last year’s record. This is the sixth straight year, dating back to 2012 ($18 million total), that scholarship offers have increased. In 2017, MPS announced $64 million in scholarships awarded to the Class of

For more information contact Robert Miranda @ 414-469-4182 rmiranda@wi.rr.com FLAC seeks investigation of city lead program Milwaukee – The Freshwater for Life Action Coalition (FLAC) will meet with District Attorney John Chisholm on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 8:30am at District Attorney John Chisholm’s office to make a formal request for the Public Integrity Unit to investigate violations of state statutes by the City of Milwaukee Health Department’s Childhood Lead Poison Prevention Program (CLPPP). “The recent release of the State of Wisconsin DHS report clearly states that state laws have been broken. FLAC is formally registering a complaint with District

CONTACT: John Gardner, 715-221-8659, gardner.john@marshfieldclinic.org Sydney Hofer, 920-356-6562, shofer@bdch.org Marshfield and Beaver Dam, WI – Marshfield Clinic Health System (MCHS) and Beaver Dam Community Hospitals, Inc. (BDCH) announced today they have taken initial steps toward an affiliation to bring more accessible quality health care services to the Dodge County region. The two organizations signed a letter of intent that began a due diligence period to finalize terms of the affiliation by the end of 2018. “This is an opportunity for two well-respected organizations to come together and create a regional destination for high-quality health care services in Dodge County,” said

Cameron Sholty | WILL Communications Director cameron@will-law.org | 414-727-7416 | 262-409-9816 Letter explains how Obama-era suspension policy violates federal law, must be rescinded June 12, 2018 – Milwaukee, WI – Today conservative leaders across the country sent a letter, to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, explaining that the Obama-era “Dear Colleague” letter on suspension policy is an illegal federal intrusion into local K-12 public schools. According to the coalition letter, authored by WILL, the unlawful “Dear Colleague” letter continues to be used by career bureaucrats and others to impose unwarranted legal obligations resulting in bad disciplinary policy. WILL

CONTACT AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement at the conclusion of President Trump’s summit with North Korea: “For decades, American policy toward North Korea has failed, and I commend the president for not accepting the status quo. As negotiations now advance, there is only one acceptable final outcome: complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization. We must always be clear that we are dealing with a brutal regime with a long history of deceit. Only time will tell if North Korea is serious this time, and in the meantime we must continue to apply maximum

Contact: Melanie Conklin, 608-260-2409 This morning, Gov. Scott Walker visited Green Bay to try and distract attention, on the day of a special election in that market, from his awful failure on jobs for Wisconsin. Here are some key facts to keep in mind: Wisconsin has trailed the national average in private sector job creation for more than seven straight years – every single quarter since Walker’s first state budget. Wisconsin would have an additional 131,000 jobs if the state had just kept up with the pace of the nation. That’s ten times the 13,000 jobs that Walker claims his $4.5 billion Foxconn boondoggle might deliver under a