June 18, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Justin Koestler, (608) 267-7669 MADISON – Representative JoCasta Zamarripa (D – Milwaukee) released the following statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision to refer the redistricting case Gil v. Whitford to the lower court: “This November, we will hold an election with

June 20, 2018 Do new strict requirements for Medicaid adopted by states violate the law? A federal court is set to decide after recent arguments presented by policy experts who said the requirements do violate law. The case arose from Kentucky’s decision to create strict work requirements for getting healthcare

For Immediate Release Contact: Rep. Katrina Shankland June 18, 2018 (608) 267-9649 MADISON – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the Gill v. Whitford redistricting case, which was brought before the court after a U.S. District Court found Wisconsin’s legislative district boundaries to be an “unconstitutional partisan

For Immediate Release June 18, 2018 Contact: DPW Press, 608-260-2409 MADISON — The following is a statement from the Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair Martha Laning on news that the Trump administration has been separating migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Reporting has also revealed that children

For Immediate Release–June 18, 2018 Press Contacts: Marla Stephens, Citizen Action of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Organizing Co-op, (414) 469-0116, marlajstephens@gmail.com Lindsay Dorff, Citizen Action of Wisconsin – Northeast Organizing Co-op, (920) 391-8638, lindsayrose5@gmail.com Wisconsinites Call on State to Pass Fair Maps Legislation STATEWIDE, WIS. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court

For Immediate Release: June 18, 2018 Contact: Jared Leopold, 202-772-5600, leopold@dga.net Today, DGA Chair Governor Jay Inslee (WA) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s declining to decide two gerrymandering cases: “Americans cannot wait for the Supreme Court to stop the gerrymandering that poisons our democracy,” said Gov. Inslee.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Senator Mark Miller June 18, 2018 608-266-9170 Madison – Senator Mark Miller released the following statement regarding the opinion in Gill v. Whitford by the United States Supreme Court: “I am hugely disappointed the Supreme Court dismissed this case for lack of standing. I hope by

For Immediate Release: Speaker Paul Ryan’s endorsement of Bryan Steil today, along with the previous endorsement of Reince Priebus and the strategic timing of the Speaker’s retirement announcement, are consistent with the frequent criticisms I have been hearing from both voters and grassroots volunteers alike: “The fix was in on

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jon Erpenbach 608-266-6670 June 18, 2018 Erpenbach renews call for non-partisan redistricting reform MADISON, WI – The United States Supreme Court delayed a decision on the actual merits of the case against GOP partisan gerrymandered legislative maps, sending the case back to district court. State Senator

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: June 18, 2018 CONTACT: Zach Madden, 608-266-7521(office) 920-627-5773 (cell) MADISON – State Representative Lisa Subeck (D – Madison) released the following statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision to send the redistricting case, Gil v. Whitford, back to the U.S. District Court for the Western

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2018 Contact: Debra Kolste – (608) 921-0200 JANESVILLE – Following today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss a challenge to Wisconsin’s hyper-partisan legislative maps and refer the case back to the district court, Rep. Debra Kolste released the following statement: “There is nothing

MADISON – Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Wisconsin’s redistricting lawsuit, Gill v. Whitford. The decision essentially punts the case back to the lower Federal Court to demonstrate that individual citizen’s rights were adversely affected in individual legislative districts. While the Court vacated the lower court’s ruling,

Contact: Bradley Steckart Phone: 262-335-4806 Statewide Effort to Reduce Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species, June 29 – July 4 (WAUKESHA, WI) – In anticipation of the busy Fourth-of-July holiday week, Waukesha County will be participating in the 10th Annual Statewide Landing Blitz from June 29 – July 4 at launches

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Senator Bob Wirch June 18, 2018 (608) 267-8979 Madison – Senator Bob Wirch (D-Kenosha) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on partisan gerrymandering: “Today’s Supreme Court decision just affirms that the Legislature absolutely must address partisan redistricting by adopting the

For Immediate Release, June 18, 2018 Contact: Olivia Hwang, olivia@danawachs.com, 225.610.8660 MILWAUKEE – Rep. Dana Wachs, a Democrat challenging Gov. Scott Walker in November, responded to a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Gill v. Whitford today. The case was a challenge to Wisconsin’s partisan gerrymandering that has fractured Wisconsin legislative

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6-18-18 Contact: Aaron White Phone: 202-225-5506 Aaron.White@mail.house.gov La Crosse – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court delayed a decision on Gill v. Whitford, a case focused on the legitimacy of Wisconsin’s heavily gerrymandered legislative maps. U.S. Rep. Ron Kind’s statement is below: “The keystone of our democracy is

For Immediate Release Monday, June 18, 2018 Contact Brad Wojciechowski, 920.540.5875, press@beauforcongress.com Green Bay — Beau Liegeois, candidate for Congress, WI-08 provides the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s current border policy of taking children away from their families at the border. Nothing is more sacred than the family unit.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Rep. Mark Spreitzer, 608-237-9145 MADISON- Today, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision in Gill v. Whitford, the case challenging Wisconsin Republicans’ gerrymander of legislative districts after the 2010 census. Rather than answering the fundamental question of whether the maps were unconstitutional,

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2018 Contact: Aaron Collins, 608-266-2254 Wisconsin Democrats call for non-partisan redistricting reform Madison – Today, the Supreme Court remanded Gill v. Whitford, the Wisconsin gerrymandering case, back to lower courts. Assembly Democratic Leader Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) released the following statement. “I am proud that a