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Biden administration sides with tribes on Line 5
Then again, administration opposes tribes on Line 5
The Biden administration has weighed in, in court on a controversial Canadian oil pipeline known as Line 5, which runs through tribal lands, both agreeing with tribes that the Canadian pipeline owner is trespassing but opposing the court’s order to immediately shut the pipeline down.
Police remove pro-Palestinian protest encampment at UW-Madison
WILL files discrimination lawsuits against Northwestern
After issuing multiple warnings, scores of police with riot shields forcibly removed a Pro-Palestinian tent encampment from the UW-Madison’s Library Mall last week, as campus protests against Israel’s war to annihilate the terrorist group known as Hamas spread across the country.
Kaul wants state Supreme Court to allow voter drop boxes
In Teigen, Kaul argues, the previous court rewrote the law
In a brief filed last week before the Wisconsin Supreme Court, state attorney general Josh Kaul asked justices to overrule the state’s current ban on election drop boxes, arguing that Wisconsin law does not prohibit the use of drop boxes as a way for Wisconsin voters to deliver their absentee ballots in Wisconsin elections.
Federal judge denies Bangstad motion for preliminary injunction
Court stresses ruling is no reflection on the merits of case
A federal judge has denied Minocqua Brewing Company (MBC) owner Kirk Bangstad’s motion for a preliminary injunction that would have given his business immediate access across town land without the town’s permission.
Nemec is Oneida County’s new forestry director
Oneida County has a new forestry director, Jill Nemec, after the county board confirmed her hiring during its April 16 meeting.
Bangstad a no-show at supplemental examination hearing
Oneida County also files complaint for forfeitures
Legal complications for Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad continued to pile up this past week, as Oneida County filed a complaint for forfeitures for zoning violations that could cost Bangstad tens of thousands of dollars.
County board re-elects Holewinski board chairman
The Oneida County Board of Supervisors has re-elected supervisor Scott Holewinski as chairman of the board, with a unanimous vote by acclamation this week after no one ran against him.
Lakeland Times files records request for Pelican River Forest documents
Forest Service to Tiffany: DNR follows the rules
With questions still circulating about the state Department of Natural Resources’s purchase of a conservation easement in the Pelican River Forest, questions ranging from the state’s procurement of a bridge loan to fund it to the lack of coordination with local governments, The Lakeland Times has filed an open records request with the DNR to try and discover some answers.
Evers vetoes PFAS bill, orders JFC to meet
JFC Republicans: Thanks but no thanks
Gov. Tony Evers vetoed legislation last week to provide comprehensive PFAS relief to eligible communities — dollars that have been approved in the state budget — but the governor said the package of bills contained poison pills designed to help polluters, and he ordered the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee to meet in special session to deal with the situation.
DA files open meetings complaint against Lake Tom officials
Oneida County district attorney Jillian Pfeifer has filed verified open meetings complaints against the Lake Tomahawk town chairman and a town supervisor, saying she believes the two violated the state’s open meetings laws when they attended an unnoticed presentation on enhanced wake boat regulations last year.