Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill lifting Wisconsin’s moratorium on gold and silver mining. Gov. Walker voted to impose the moratorium when he was in the state Assembly in 1998. He signed the Republican legislation Monday anyway. His spokesman, Tom Evenson, has said...
Gov. Scott Walker signed a measure Monday clearing the way for mining copper and gold in Wisconsin, handing a win to business groups over the proposal’s environmental opponents. In signing Assembly Bill 499 at the Rhinelander airport, the Republican governor repealed...
Legislation to lift Wisconsin’s effective moratorium on sulfide mining is on its way to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk after passing the state Senate on a 19-14 vote Tuesday. Read More
Republican lawmakers took their final steps toward lifting Wisconsin’s nearly 20-year ban on gold and silver mining on Tuesday, pushing a bill that would eliminate the prohibition through the state Senate and on to Gov. Scott Walker. When asked about Governor Walker’s...
