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Former Ojibwe chairman tapped for Interior's Indian affairs The president announced nominations for assistant secretary for Indian Affairs and leader of the department's Bureau of Land Management Author: Apr 23, 2021 President Joe Biden nominated former tribal chairman Bryan Newland for assistant secretary for Indian Affairs of the Interior Thursday.  Newland was tribal president of the Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan and served as a policy adviser for Indian Affairs at Interior under former President Barack Obama. He also served as the chief judge of the Bay Mills Tribal Court. Ba...

A former janitor for the Greenfield School District is suing the district, saying administrators violated his rights when he was fired after he developed a serious health condition that prevented him from doing his job while on medical leave to get checked for COVID-19. Duane Kaufmann is accusing the district of interfering with his rights under the Family Medical Leave Act and retaliating against him for trying to exercise those rights by terminating his employment. Alan Olson, Kelsey Kerr and Nicholas Yurk on April 15 filed the complaint on behalf of Kaufmann in the U.S. Eastern Distri...

Reply Ian Alan Olson, 31, of Nashotah was charged in federal court in March with attacking U.S. servicemen on account of their service and assault. (Waukesha County Sheriff's Office) WAUKESHA COUNTY, WI—A Waukesha County man who is believed to be a QAnon supporter and was charged after firing a paintball gun at Army reservists at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Pewaukee, appeared virtually before Federal Magistrate Judge on Wednesday for a preliminary hearing. The court found probable cause for the case to continue, according to online court records. Ian Alan Olson, 31, of Nashotah was cha...

Montana state agencies would be allowed to charge members of the public or groups for commenting on environmental reviews under a law passed by a House committee this week. Rep. Denley Loge, R-St. Regis, said he brought House Bill 695 to the House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday in part to discourage submission of form letters as public comment on environmental impact statements, or EISs. The bill would allow an agency while conducting public comment for an EIS to charge a fee for any written or emailed public comment, but would not charge a fee for commenting during a public hearing...

For The Intelligencer Photo Courtesy of W.Va. Governor’s Office West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice speaks Wednesday during a coronavirus briefing from the Capitol in Charleston. CHARLESTON — The state of West Virginia is trying to learn why 168 COVID-19 deaths were not reported, officials said Wednesday. Gov. Jim Justice during his pandemic briefing said 168 deaths were unreported to the state and most were in hospitals, hospice groups, long-term care facilities and two in the correctional system. The total is 7.2 percent of the 2,330 deaths attributed to the virus in West Virginia since t...