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Wisconsin Senator Dale Schultz Rejects Mining Bill Compromise

Wisconsin Senator Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, has rejected compromises to the proposed Wisconsin Iron Mining ...

Santorum Campaigns in Upper Peninsula

Republican presidential candidate, Rick Santorum, showed his political skill Sunday, seeming to know just what ...

Locals Finally Speak on WI Mining Bill

Wendy Thiede, a resident of Iron County, Wisconsin, published a good article on Wisconsin's controversial ...

Recent Opinion

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  Mine Haul Road Poorly Planned
  23 February 2012 9:33 AM | 2 Comments

  by Jack Parker - Don’t ever forget the value of the Eagle Mine, now around $5,000,000,000.00, with more to come. Rio Tinto can afford to build a road for themselves.

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  What’s the Rush on Mine Permitting?
  07 June 2011 9:06 AM | No Comments

  by Al Gedicks - Should the state's regulatory authority over the metallic mine permitting process be dramatically reduced to accommodate the wishes of a mining company to receive a permit in record time?

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  KI Sawyer Community Center Deserves Another Chance
  19 April 2011 10:56 PM | No Comments

  Less than a week after one Community Hand-UP leader, Lisa Johnson, received a community service award for her work in trying to reopen the KI Sawyer community...

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  The King of Michigan?
  13 April 2011 10:19 PM | 2 Comments

  by Gabriel Caplett - Rick Snyder’s plan to “reinvent Michigan” relies on standard thuggery: give tax breaks to wealthy companies and make everyone else pay to fix the state’s budget crisis.

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  Poor Reporting on Rio Tinto Road Unacceptable
  20 March 2011 4:22 PM | No Comments

  by Gabriel Caplett - Turns out local citizens aren’t the only ones who have questioned the Marquette Mining Journal’s often appalling coverage of the Rio Tinto 595/Woodland Road ore hauling issue over the past year.

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  The Future of Minnesota’s Wild Rice Depends on Strong Regulation
  11 March 2011 5:38 AM | No Comments

  by Nancy Schuldt - Minnesota has permanently lost tens of thousands of acres of wild rice; there is no dispute among state and tribal resource managers this is a resource in crisis.

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