Documents: Walker sought corporate donations in 2012 recall (UPDATE)

September 14, 2016 1:10 pm Leave a comment

Gov. Scott Walker listens to a speaker at the National Governors Association meeting in Des Moines, Iowa. Walker said Monday, July 18, 2016, that he won't run for president again as a sitting governor and that he intends to use his prime-time speech at the Republican National Convention this week to argue that “America deserves better” than Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

A lead manufacturer was among a host of corporate leaders who donated to a conservative group that helped Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislators fend off recall challenges, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

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Iron County officials anticipate new developer for mine

August 3, 2015 10:05 am Leave a comment

Iron County officials say other developers with better qualifications than Gogebic Taconite are interested in mining ore in the Penokee Hills.

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Walker’s office considered giving mine lobbyist DNR job

April 7, 2015 3:18 pm Leave a comment

Republican Gov. Scott Walker's staff considered making a lobbyist for a company seeking to dig an iron mine in Wisconsin the state Department of Natural Resources' deputy secretary, according to a newspaper report.

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Mining company slowing down on northern Wis. project

February 2, 2015 3:13 pm Leave a comment

Officials with a Florida company looking to dig a huge iron mine just south of Lake Superior say field work has come to a standstill but they're not abandoning the project.

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Walker to review using hunting fees for mine costs

December 16, 2014 4:12 pm Leave a comment

Gov. Scott Walker spent $21.6 million in 2014 and had $3 million cash on hand, according to pre-election campaign finance reports filed Oct. 27. Democratic challenger Mary Burke spent $11.9 million and also had about $3 million on hand. (AP file photos)

Gov. Scott Walker says he wants to review whether hunting and fishing fees collected by the state should be used to pay for costs related to sighting an open pit iron ore mine near Lake Superior.

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Company may limit iron mine to 1 county

September 4, 2014 3:46 pm Leave a comment

A company that wants to develop an iron ore mine in northwestern Wisconsin might limit the project to only one county instead of two.

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Company to delay formal request for iron ore mine

August 26, 2014 9:40 pm Leave a comment

Gogebic Taconite says its application to develop an iron ore mine in northwestern Wisconsin will be pushed back until at least the fall of next year.

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Walker says he didn’t solicit mining company money

August 24, 2014 4:38 pm Leave a comment

Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the Republican National Committee summer meetings in Chicago. Court documents released Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, show that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's recall election campaign team told him to instruct donors to give to Wisconsin Club for Growth, which would run ads for Walker and distribute money to other conservative groups backing him. The emails were part of some 1,300 pages released by a federal appeals court from a secret investigation into whether Walker's recall campaign illegally coordinated with conservative groups. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski, File)

Gov. Scott Walker said Saturday that he played no role in soliciting donations from a mining company on behalf of a key conservative group that ran ads supporting him during the 2012 recall attempt and that he didn't even know the company donated to the group.

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Chippewa, EPA set meeting on Gogebic mine

July 18, 2014 9:59 am Leave a comment

The six tribes of Wisconsin's Chippewa Federation will meet with federal environmental officials next month to outline their objections to Gogebic Taconite's mining plans in the Lake Superior region.

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