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The Wisconsin state Senate has passed a GOP bill that would close sections of forest around a northwestern Wisconsin mine site.
Tagged with: DNR mining Penokee Hills
Read More »GOP mulls new mine forest access restrictions
A Republican state senator is proposing scaling back potential access restrictions to the forest surrounding iron mine site just south of Lake Superior.
Tagged with: iron mine Penokee Hills Rob Cowles Tom Tiffany
Read More »Assembly set to take up mining bill
After nearly a year of maneuvering to help a Florida-based company open an iron mine in far northwestern Wisconsin, Assembly Republicans were poised Thursday to finally pass a bill that streamlines the state's complex permitting process.
Tagged with: Department of Natural Resources DNR Gogebic Taconite mining Neal Kedzie Penokee Hills Scott Walker
Read More »Panel OKs mining bill, sends it to Assembly
Republicans on the state Assembly's jobs committee approved a bill Tuesday that would streamline Wisconsin's iron mining permit process, brushing aside Democrats' claims that the measure is a license to pollute.
Tagged with: DNR Gogebic Taconite iron ore Jeff Stone mining Neal Kedzie Penokee Hills Sandy Pasch Scott Walker
Read More »Assembly could vote on mining bill next week (UPDATE)
The state Assembly is set to vote next week on a bill that pits the promise of hundreds of jobs against worries an iron ore mine would despoil a pristine area in northern Wisconsin near Lake Superior.
Tagged with: Jeff Fitzgerald jobs mining Penokee Hills Scott Walker
Read More »Wis. Democrats set up own public hearing on mining bill (UPDATE)
Two Democratic legislators are planning to hold their own public hearing on a Republican bill that would rewrite Wisconsin's iron mining statutes.
Tagged with: Bob Jauch Gogebic Taconite Janet Bewley mining Penokee Hills
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