Sen. Dale Schultz, R- Richland Center, recently told a story he heard about a recent meeting of Republicans in the state’s 6th congressional district.

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Few legislative causes have drawn as much interest and as little momentum as redistricting, the drawing of new voter boundaries after each 10-year census.

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Now that the math behind providing renewable energy is well-known, industry representatives said Friday they have to turn their attention to political calculations.

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Three Wisconsin lawmakers want to revisit the state's iron mining laws after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers declined the state's request to work with the state toward permits for Gogebic Taconite's potential mine near Mellen.

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A Republican-backed bill related to asbestos lawsuits is facing resistance from GOP senators, who argue the proposal would hurt veterans.

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is developing an alternative to barring the public from 3,500 acres of state-managed forest around a proposed iron mine site in northern Wisconsin.

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The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board’s Nov. 29 certification of the official results of the Nov. 6 election made it, well, official: Democratic candidates got more votes than Republicans in state races for president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, state Senate and state Assembly.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources would face a two-year-deadline to approve iron mining applications under a plan a Democratic state senator released Thursday.

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Two days after the Nov. 6 election in which Republicans retained dominion in the state Assembly and regained control of the Senate, a GOP assemblyman interviewed in the state Capitol press room identified Job No. 1: “We bring a mining bill that Dale Schultz can’t stand in the way of.”

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At least one new mining bill in January seems a certainty for Wisconsin. But its content and fate probably will depend on which party wins in November.

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