CONTACT: Marva Herndon Email: MarvaForMPS@gmail.com • Cell: 414-350-3027 Longtime Neighborhood Leader and Public School Activist Pledges Strong Support for MPS Students and Parents MILWAUKEE: Marva Herndon, President and founder of the Bryant Heights Neighborhood Association and mother of four Milwaukee Public School graduates has filed to run for the District 1 seat on the MPS Board of School Directors. Marva is a longtime resident of District 1, and enjoyed a wonderful career as a computer programmer.  Marva is well known in the public education community for her fierce commitment to education, challenging the expansion of charter and voucher schools, funding cuts to public

Media Contact:  Jerad Albracht, Senior Communications Specialist, 608-224-5007 or Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020 MADISON – Imposter scammers are posing as a local utility company in order to demand money for supposed late payments or required upgrades. Wisconsin residents should be on the lookout for threatening calls about their gas or electric accounts and hang up on anyone who demands an immediate payment on behalf of the local utility provider. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s (DATCP) Consumer Protection Hotline has received more than two dozen reports in the last 24 hours from Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) customers about

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Brad Schimel is leading a bipartisan group of 52 state and territory attorneys general, calling on the U.S. Congress to pass legislation that will help end the opioid epidemic and close a loophole that has allowed those who traffic deadly fentanyl to stay a step ahead of law enforcement. The legislation is called the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act. “A small amount of fentanyl has the ability to cause great harm, even to unsuspecting people like children and first responders at overdose scenes,” said Attorney General Brad Schimel. “Attorneys general in all 50

Christopher Krepich, 202-225-5101 Brookfield, WI— Today, Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel (R) and Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen (D) led the National Association of Attorneys General in sending a bipartisan letter to Congressional Leadership urging the “swift passage” of the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act. Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI-05) has sponsored the SOFA Act in the House and Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) has sponsored the Senate companion. Background on the SOFA Act: Fentanyl is currently a Schedule II controlled substance and, when prescribed by a doctor, can be safely used as a painkiller for cancer patients and other individuals experiencing

 Contact: John Reimer, Dane County Land and Water Resources (608) 224-3612 – reimer.john@countyofdane.com   MADISON, WI – August 23, 2018 – Dane County will be closing Tenney Lock Thursday, August 23 through Sunday, August 26. The historic rainfall totals earlier this week have resulted in high water in the Yahara chain of lakes and heavy flows in the river which creates unsafe conditions for passage through the lock. Conditions will be reevaluated on Sunday to determine if it is safe to reopen the lock for passage. Boaters are also reminded that a slow-no-wake restriction is in effect for the entire surface of Lakes Mendota, Monona, and Waubesa.

Contact:  Rep. Sondy Pope 608-266-3520   MADISON, Wis. – According to a memo recently published by the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the Department of Corrections (DOC) is missing nearly three-thousand sex offenders.  Under current law, the DOC is required to maintain a sex offender registry.  As of August 20, 2018, there are around 25,159 offenders on the registry, 6,205 of whom are currently incarcerated.  Of the 18,954 remaining registrants, 2,735 are non-compliant – meaning the DOC does not know where they are.  Representative Sondy Pope (D-Mt. Horeb), a member of the Assembly Committee on Corrections, requested the memo in response to a series

Contact: Courtney Beyer, courtneyb@wisdems.org From Green Bay to Eau Claire, Milwaukee to Wausau, Wisconsinites criticize Walker for neglect of roads MADISON — As part of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s “Fix Our Roads” tour, local laborers and operating engineers were joined by Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tony Evers and lt. governor nominee Mandela Barnes to call Scott Walker out for the miserable state of Wisconsin’s roads, which cost Wisconsinites on average $637 in additional car repairs. WJFW-TV: Democrats hammer Walker on road funding during Wausau stop, claim Evers would be ‘adult in the room’ to strike long-term fix WQOW-TV: Evers sends message to Walker regarding poor

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov, 202-224-6225 Play by the Rules Act Holds China Accountable for Ignoring Trade Rules and Harming American Workers and Businesses  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today introduced the bipartisan Play by the Rules Actto crack down on unfair trade cheating from nonmarket economies like China. “China has refused to play by the international trade rules they agreed to and they should be held accountable,” said Senator Baldwin. “This bipartisan legislation will give the Commerce Department the flexibility it needs to take stronger actions that protect American workers and businesses against China cheating.” “Fair trade rules

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Brad Schimel continued his 72-county statewide tour to meet with local law enforcement and elected officials this week with a stop in Brown County on Thursday, August 23. “Local law enforcement and officials around the state deal with public safety challenges that vary community to community. In Brown County, they’re fighting the opioid and meth epidemics, and keeping Wisconsinites and visitors safe at Packer games,” said Attorney General Schimel. “Our roundtable meetings provide valuable discussion about ways the state can continue to partner with local agencies to help solve local public safety challenges.” “I would