CONTACT: Laura Lane, Sierra Club Wisconsin Chapter Chair, lalane22@yahoo.com, (608) 215-0112, Elizabeth Ward, Sierra Club Wisconsin Chapter Director, elizabeth.ward@sierraclub.org, (608) 445-4489 MADISON – Starting today, the statewide branch of the Sierra Club will be known as the Sierra Club Wisconsin Chapter. “The Sierra Club has broadened its perspective and become more diverse in many ways. We recognize how important it is to be inclusive and respect all voices, and we welcome everyone to the table as we work to limit the dire effects of climate change.   Our new name reflects the fact that we represent everyone in Wisconsin. From

MADISON – The Wisconsin legislature today passed a bill allowing Pfizer to utilize its Pleasant Prairie facility to ship its COVID vaccine to the entire western half of the United States. Assembly Bill 120,   authored by Senator Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) and Representative Samantha Kerkman (R-Salem Lakes), passed both the Assembly and Senate on voice votes, and is now heading to the Governor’s desk for his signature. “This is a great day for Pleasant Prairie, and the entire southeastern Wisconsin region,” said Wanggaard. “We should be proud that Wisconsin is playing such a huge role in vaccine distribution and the jobs

(Madison, WI) Rep. Michael Schraa (R-Oshkosh) authored a bill to reduce prescription drug costs, which passed unanimously today. “Pharmacies in my district made me aware of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and the unfair business practices of that were driving small, local pharmacies out of business. I was concerned for my community, yet it really hit home when our PBM denied essential medications for my family members. “PBMs do provide a necessary service in administering complex insurance coverage and negotiating with drug manufacturers for reduced prices. Over time and without sufficient oversight, however, unscrupulous PBMs have engaged in seriously unethical practices, including

CALEDONIA, WI – Throughout her campaign, Jill Underly has resolutely rejected a guaranteed in-person education setting option for all Wisconsin students. Instead, she calls opening schools premature and dangerous. This did not stop her from shooting in-person at a school with children. Kerr remarked, “This is wildly hypocritical. Jill will not call for all schools to open as a mere option but she thinks it is okay for ad crews to shoot political ads. Pure hypocrisy.” Over the weekend, Underly called a virtual press conference to accuse Kerr of “lying” about the science of reopening schools. The fact is the CDC says that

MILWAUKEE — A distinguished journalism fellowship program at Marquette University will get a major boost, thanks to a $5 million gift from the Frechette Family Foundation. President Michael R. Lovell announced the donation to the Perry and Alicia O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism at his recent Presidential Address. The commitment builds on an $8.3 million gift that Peter and Patricia Frechette made to the Diederich College of Communication in 2013, which launched the program named for Patricia’s parents, Marquette alumni couple Perry and Alicia O’Brien. “Our parents were very involved in the launch of the O’Brien fellowship and it was one

Media Contact: Susie Falk, 414.232.2562 CALEDONIA, WI – Throughout her campaign, Jill Underly has resolutely rejected a guaranteed in-person education setting option for all Wisconsin students. Instead, she calls opening schools premature and dangerous. This did not stop her from shooting in-person at a school with children. Kerr remarked, “This is wildly hypocritical. Jill will not call for all schools to open as a mere option but she thinks it is okay for ad crews to shoot political ads. Pure hypocrisy.” Over the weekend, Underly called a virtual press conference to accuse Kerr of “lying” about the science of reopening schools. The fact

PRESS CONTACT press@opportunitywisconsin.org MADISON, Wis.— As Wisconsinites start to see the impact of the American Rescue Plan, Opportunity Wisconsin and Citizen Action Wisconsin Northwestern Organizing Cooperative are sitting down with Senator Tammy Baldwin and Badger State parents TOMORROW, March 17 at 4:45 PM CT on Facebook LIVE to discuss the historic impact this law will have on children and families across the state. The American Rescue Plan cuts child poverty in the United States in half through an expansion of the child tax credit, which will lift over 46,000 Wisconsin children out of poverty. The new child tax credits will deliver up to $1,600 annually per child to the families of over 1.1