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Environmental groups challenge 2011 law limiting state DNR’s rules to protect groundwater. //end headline wrapper ?> Wisconsin Supreme Court. Photo by Dave Reid. The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a pair of cases that could decide whether state environmental regulators have the authority to place limits on farming in Wisconsin to protect groundwater. In the first case, environmental group Clean Wisconsin and Kewaunee County residents contested the DNR’s approval of a wastewater discharge permit as part of Kinnard Farms’ request to expand its concentrated anima...

Helpful tips to stretch your stimulus Host of the Natives on a budget podcast Shawn Spruce is on the show to help you balance your books and save for the powwow trail. Plus national correspondent Mary Annette Pember gives us more details behind two stories she's covered from Indian Country. Author: Apr 5, 2021 Having a budget may have proven difficult during this pandemic, Joining us today to talk about money matters is Shawn Spruce who is Laguna Pueblo. He’s a financial education consultant and has a podcast called, “Natives on a budget.” And parents say their Native students are faci...

Fond du Lac Band wins halt to copper mine Tribe asserts rights as a sovereign state under the Clean Water Act to challenge proposed PolyMet mining operations Author: Apr 5, 2021 A former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota, shown here on Feb. 10, 2016, would become part of a proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine. The Fond du Lac Band is fighting the mine in court, saying it would pollute the waterways. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) Tribe asserts rights as a sovereign state under the Clean Water Act to challenge proposed PolyMet mining operations Mary Annette Pember The Fond du Lac Band o...

Buzz Cut: • Harry Reid: Media critic • Lew dodges on ObamaCare • Never too late to make amends TEN MORE DAYS OF CLIFF DIVING – President Obama is standing by his refusal to negotiate over the ongoing partial government shutdown and the looming debt-limit bust, so House Speaker John Boehner and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew took their talks on the fiscal crisis to the airwaves in dueling Sunday show appearances. The conclusions: The partial shutdown is bound to last for at least another 10 days and the stakes are growing by the hour as Americans come to believe Obama is serious about n...