Tagged: mining bill

Gogebic Taconite, the company that wants to build a massive open pit iron ore mine in the Penokee Range, has applied for a license to explore there. They also say they may file an “intent to mine” with the Department of Natural Resources in the next month or two.

Lac Courte Oreilles Chairman Gordon Thayer used Wisconsin's annual State of the Tribes Address today to blast decisions by the state to deregulate iron mining, telling lawmakers that Native Americans could not be “dismissed as a subgroup of people in Wisconsin.”

Governor Scott Walker's proposal to expand school vouchers to another nine districts around Wisconsin has a majority of Wisconsinites in favor, according to new poll results. Opinions are mixed on newly passed mining legislation.

Governor Scott Walker says he'll move on to his next pro-business target, now that he's won the first part of an effort to bring large scale mining to Wisconsin.