For more information, contact: Rep. Chris Taylor, 608-266-5342 Thousands converge on Capitol to Demand Action on Gun Safety MADISON – Today, high school students from around Dane County converged on the Capitol to demand common sense gun safety measures. In response, Rep. Chris Taylor (D-Madison) issued the following statement: “Once again,

Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org MADISON — As students in Wisconsin and across the country participate in walkouts and marches to assert their right to feel and be safe from gun violence both in and out of school, Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senate candidates are calling for adding guns in classrooms, rather than heading the students’ calls for

Contact: Jared Leopold, 202-772-5600 leopold@dga.net Students Chant at Walker’s Office, Demand “Bring Him Here” Today, thousands of Wisconsin students are marching on the Capitol to demand action to prevent gun violence, but Governor Scott Walker is avoiding them, 250 miles away. Noting his absence, students chanted outside Walker’s office and demanded “bring him here.”

Dernbach delivers remarks at YA Conference in Wisconsin Rapids, visits Marathon Co. Job Center in Wausau MADISON – Today, Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Assistant Deputy Secretary BJ Dernbach attended and delivered remarks at the 2018 Youth Apprenticeship (YA) Conference at Hotel Mead and Conference Center in Wisconsin Rapids before

Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org Even potential candidate Eric Hovde is joining in the personal attacks MADISON — Today’s latest Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate primary headline says it all: “Wisconsin GOP Senate candidates bicker over debates as campaign turns nasty.” But what else is new? Wisconsin’s Republican Senate primary turned nasty months ago, and it’s

Contact: Gillian Drummond, (414) 975-0586 press@dalletforjustice.com MILWAUKEE — Today, Wisconsin’s Working Families Party endorsed Judge Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. “Wisconsin’s Working Families Party is proud to endorse a woman of such high qualifications and standards,” said WIWFP Executive Director Marina Dimitrijevic. “We fully back her efforts to return

Rep. Michael Schraa (608) 267-7990 (Madison, WI) Representative Michael Schraa (R-Oshkosh) wonders why anyone would oppose reforming our juvenile corrections system. Apparently, this is yet another bill that will die in the Senate. As soon as Governor Walker released his plan to close Lincoln Hills and replace it with smaller, more

Media Contact – Dennis Hughes | (262) 455-1542 | dennis@cathymyersforcongress.com Paul Ryan Challenger, Cathy Myers, Proposed School Board Resolution and Joined Local Students in National School Walkout Janesville, WI – On Tuesday evening, the Janesville School Board passed a resolution calling on state and federal officials, including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, to pass commonsense gun

CONTACT  AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement after the House passed the STOP School Violence Act: “If there is any place our children can feel safe, it should be our schools. The STOP School Violence Act takes a multi-faceted approach that will help prevent school violence

CONTACT: DWD Communications, 608-266-2722 On the Web: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/news.htm On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WIWorkforce On Twitter: @WIWorkforce MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates of unemployment and employment statistics for metro areas, major cities, and counties in Wisconsin.  The estimates include updates for December 2017

Contact: Andrew Rehn, Prairie Rivers Network, arehn@prairierivers.org, 217-344-2371 ext. 208 CHAMPAIGN, IL – Prairie Rivers Network (PRN) has analyzed groundwater monitoring data released on March 2, 2018 by Illinois coal-fired power companies and found elevated levels of multiple contaminants, including antimony, arsenic, chromium, lead, and thallium, in violation of the Illinois Environmental

Contact: Jeremy Podolski, Greater Milwaukee Foundation jpodolski@greatermilwaukeefoundation.org  |  414.336.7048 Milwaukee, Wis. – The Greater Milwaukee Foundation has selected a new senior leader with extensive experience in higher education advancement as its next vice president of development and philanthropic services. Kristen Mekemson will join the Foundation March 29, 2018, and will be responsible for

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov (202) 224 – 6225 Trump Infrastructure Plan Doesn’t Include Strong Buy American Standards WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, today pressed five members of President Trump’s cabinet on why the administration’s infrastructure plan fails to include a