Contact: Jimmy Haggerty, Campaign Manager jimmy@emersonforassembly.com 608-397-1502 EAU CLAIRE- Jodi Emerson for Assembly is pleased to announce their endorsement from EMILY’s List. EMILY’s List is a group that promotes pro-choice and progressive women for public office. Jodi has been an advocate for these issues in the community for many years and could not be happier to have earned their support. EMILY’s List released their first round of endorsements for Wisconsin today. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY’s List, released the followed statement when endorsing 10 women candidates in Wisconsin. “As small business owners, teachers, community leaders, and fierce advocates for Wisconsin

FOR DOC: DOC Communications, 608-240-5060 DOCMedia@wisconsin.gov FOR WITC: Jena Vogtman, 715-394-6677, ext. 6936 Jena.Vogtman@witc.edu SUPERIOR – Department leaders joined Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC) Campus Administrator Bonny Copenhaver, family, and friends to congratulate fourteen Gordon Correctional Center inmates graduating from WITC’s Gas Metal Arc Welding program. The program is a 5-week, 8-credit program which provides fundamental instruction in welding safety and basic arc welding techniques. With this credential, inmates are qualified to work as welders, fitters, operators, production welders, or welder helpers. The median wage for WITC graduates from the Gas Metal Arc Welding program is $18.37 per hour. The

Contact: Jamie Mara Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative (920) 209-3990 | jmara@voiceofmilk.com GREEN BAY, Wis. — A group representing hundreds of Midwestern dairy farmers issued a statement regarding passage today of the farm bill by the U.S. House of Representatives. The vote for the bill, called the “Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018,” turns attention to the Senate, which is expected to vote on its version of the bill this month. Both the House and Senate bills include important priorities for dairy farmers, including support for market development programs and a strong farm safety net. The House and Senate must agree

Contact: Sen. Jennifer Shilling (D – La Crosse) (608)266-5490 MADISON, WI – Senator Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse) offered the weekly Democratic radio address today. The audio file of this week’s address can be found here: http://media2.legis.wisconsin.gov/multimedia/Sen32/shillingradio062118.mp3 A written transcript of the address is below: “Hi, I’m Senator Jennifer Shilling with this week’s Democratic Radio Address. “Like most Americans, I was shocked by the reports of young infants, toddlers and children being separated from their parents and detained in chain link cages at the border. “These disturbing images and audio recordings of traumatized children have been the direct result of President

Contact: Kristen Durst State Bar of Wisconsin 608.250.6025 kdurst@wisbar.org Lake Geneva, WI – Madison attorney Christopher Rogers was sworn in as the State Bar of Wisconsin’s 63rd president on Wednesday at the State Bar’s Annual Meeting & Conference in Lake Geneva. Dane County Circuit Court Judge Rhonda Lanford emceed the event. During his term as State Bar of Wisconsin President, Rogers says he’ll continue to move forward the State Bar’s Mass and Disparate Incarceration project, which is working to help find legal solutions to the state’s overwhelming problem of disproportionate confinement of minorities. He also says he’ll focus his attention

Mark Bednar; 202-738-0744 Washington DC – Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy, Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing & Insurance, today released the following statement on after the House passed the 2018 Farm Bill: “This Farm Bill is a huge win for Wisconsin farmers and will help them remain the best in the world. It creates the Dairy Risk Management Program, which provides higher coverage levels and lower premiums for the first 5 million pounds of milk. It also provides additional risk-management options for dairy farmers by allowing them to enroll in both the Dairy Risk Management Program and the

Former Walker Appointee Says Walker Badly Mismanaged Lincoln Hills Situation MADISON – Tony Evers’ campaign today released a new ad titled, “Mismanaged”, featuring Governor Scott Walker’s former Department of Corrections Secretary, Ed Wall, blasting his former boss. You can watch the ad here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z3uB8BN2NU Wall, who is supporting Evers in the upcoming election, outlines Walker’s refusal to act on the crisis at the juvenile corrections facility, Lincoln Hills, despite repeated pleas for help amid repeated allegations of abuse and inhumane disciplinary actions.  Wall also confirms Walker’s internal policy of discouraging written records, as has previously been confirmed by former Walker

CONTACT: Heather LaRoi, Interim Director of Communications universityrelations@uwsa.edu or 608-263-1700 President Ray Cross and Regent Michael M. Grebe addressed the Joint Audit Committee today to discuss Audit Report 18-4: Relationships Between the University of Wisconsin and Certain Affiliated Organizations. President Ray Cross, UW System: “We have taken decisive, transparent, and accountable steps to protect our universities, taxpayers, and students in the wake of the Oshkosh incident. Foundations and affiliated organizations are critical partners for our universities, and ensuring robust and healthy relationships with these entities is critical to maintaining the high quality education our students deserve. We are confident the

Speaker Ryan Press Office | https://spkrryan.us/2K9Zy1e Summary: At his weekly press conference, Speaker Ryan provided an update on the situation at the border and the immigration bills the House will vote on today. He also spoke about how the growing economy is creating new opportunities and openings for workers, and why now is the right time to pass a farm bill that includes workforce development reforms. ​Immigration “Today, the House will take action on legislation to address border security and our broken immigration system. “It is consistent with the president’s four pillars for immigration reform. “With regards to the situation

Contact: TJ Helmstetter, tjh@wisdems.org WisDems: Statement upon news that Scott Walker is in Washington, DC, meeting with President Trump and did not inform the press corps or public: “Another taxpayer-funded publicity junket for typical politician Scott Walker. Not a surprise that Scott Walker is yet again putting his national image above doing his job here at home. And on the same day he got caught fundraising off a National Guard deployment, to boot. Scott Walker should come clean about his full agenda on this secret Washington trip – and why he never told Wisconsinites that he was leaving the state.”

RICE LAKE, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ), Alliance for Wisconsin Youth, Marshfield Clinic Health System, and the Northwoods Coalition held a public safety summit in Rice Lake, Wis. today to fight methamphetamine use in northern Wisconsin. The summit is part of KNOW METH, a public awareness campaign to prevent methamphetamine use. In January 2018, Attorney General Brad Schimel committed $50,000 to support the campaign and trainings for public safety officials and earlier this month announced an additional $225,000 in public awareness funding. “Meth is devastating northern Wisconsin communities and we are fighting back with a multifaceted approach that