Contact: Troy Knudson (608) 295-1943 troyknudsonforsheriff@gmail.com Janesville – Wisconsin State Senator, Janis Ringhand (D-15 th Senate District) announces her endorsement of Commander Troy Knudson in the November 6 th general election for Rock County Sheriff. Senator Ringhand has served the people of the 15 th Senate District since 2015. Previously, she served in the State Assembly, serving the 45 th and 80 th districts since 2011. She currently serves on six legislative committees, commissions or councils, including the Building Commission, Economic Development and Commerce, Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Women’s Council, Council on Utility Public Benefits and the Governor’s

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe Kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Milwaukee, WI. – The Milwaukee community is invited to join the Wisconsin Historical Society on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, to share their thoughts and ideas and see design concepts for a new, modern, state history museum on Wisconsin’s Capitol Square. The goal of these sessions is to get feedback from educators, families, business leaders, and every sector of the public. “The input we receive at these public workshops will help shape future exhibits and storylines,” said Christian Overland, Ruth and Hartley Barker Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society. “We want the public to know that

NEW NORTH, October 11, 2018 – Local public school students will have access to additional career development and mentorship tools starting as early as sixth grade in a platform that directly connects local employers to students, thanks to a new statewide collaboration. Area school districts and those throughout the state have been using a web-based platform called Inspire to connect area businesses to their future talent pool through online profiles, virtual career coaches, and career-based online learning activities for students and educators. New North is one of nine regional economic development organizations taking part in a new collaboration that will

Contact: Sen. Mark Miller (D – Monona) (608)266-9170 MADISON, WI – Senator Mark Miller (D-Monona) 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/Sen16/millerradio101118.mp3 A written transcript of the address is below: “Hello, this is Senator Mark Miller with this week’s Democratic Radio Address. “Last week, the Governor and Senate Republicans pathetically called for an extraordinary session to pass a bailout for Kimberly Clark AFTER the election this fall. “If Republicans were serious about passing a bill, they would do what they usually do…pass a bill in the dead of

CONTACT: Tyler Richard, 646-905-8868, trichard@aclu.org MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin jury has awarded two state employees $780,000 in damages after they were denied health care coverage under the state health insurance plan because they are transgender. While courts have increasingly said that transgender people must have their care covered under health insurance policies, this is one of the first times a jury has awarded damages related to the denial of health care. In September, a federal court ruled that denying Shannon Andrews and Alina Boyden health insurance for gender-affirming medical care violated the Constitution and federal non-discrimination law. The American Civil Liberties

Contact: Austin Altenburg media@scottwalker.com Rep. Mary Felzkowski praises governor’s bipartisan work to lower health care premiums, calls out Evers’ lies in ad to air during Packers, Brewers games [Madison, Wis.] – The Walker campaign on Thursday launched a new statewide TV ad featuring State Rep. Mary Felzkowski that takes Tony Evers to task for lying about rising health care costs in Wisconsin – which in fact have been going up because of Obamacare – and praising Scott Walker for showing the leadership needed to reduce premiums for hard-working Wisconsin families. The ad launches today and airs this weekend during a

Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI] — Yesterday, Vice President Pence traveled across the state with Governor Walker to highlight Wisconsin’s comeback. Thanks to the governor’s reforms, taxes have been cut by over $8 billion, unemployment hit an all-time low, and the state is investing more actual dollars into our classrooms than ever before. Check out what they’re saying about Vice President Mike Pence’s Wisconsin Visit. From the Green Bay Press Gazette: Pence said Walker is one of the best governors in the United States. “Wisconsin and America need four more years of Gov. Scott Walker,” he said. The

Contact: press@joshkaul.org MADISON — Yesterday evening, Brad Schimel, who has ignored Josh Kaul’s challenge to debate in every congressional district in Wisconsin, withdrew from the only debate for the Attorney General’s race that was scheduled to take place outside of the I-94 corridor. Kaul campaign advisor Gillian Drummond commented, “Josh Kaul believes that people from across the state deserve the opportunity to hear from the candidates for Attorney General about how they will address the important issues in their communities. Brad Schimel should explain to Wisconsinites why he won’t debate Josh Kaul anywhere outside of Milwaukee or Madison.” Josh Kaul

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Gun Lobby Spending on Walker Gubernatorial Campaigns Hits $4.25 Million With 2018 Ad Buy  MADISON, Wis. — The National Rifle Association (NRA) has been with Scott Walker from the very beginning of his quarter century long political career, cutting their first check to a Walker campaign in 1993. According to information obtained by One Wisconsin Now, Walker’s gun lobby pals are hitting the airwaves with a nearly $740,000 ad buy, pushing their support for his gubernatorial campaigns to $4.25 million since 2010. “Scott Walker just became the NRA’s $4 million man,” said One Wisconsin

Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org Following Baldwin +10 Marquette University Law School poll, NBC/Marist poll shows Baldwin +14 MADISON — Following yesterday’s Marquette University Law School poll that showed Tammy Baldwin leading Republican U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir 53% to 43% (Baldwin +10), a new NBC/Marist Poll today has Baldwin leading Vukmir 54% to 40% (Baldwin +14).  What does this mean? Expect Vukmir to ratchet up the rhetoric and desperately attempt to avoid talking about her record of working for insurance companies and selling out cancer patients, hearing-impaired kids, seniors, and people with mental illness. What’s clear is this: Health care is on the ballot this November, and Vukmir will have