• Home
  • News
    • Politics / Govt
    • Legislature
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Archives
  • Sports
    • Badgers
    • Packers
      • Titletown Report
    • Brewers
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Wisconsin Radio Network

Wisconsin News and Sports

You are here: Home / Legislature / Dems okayed for mining committee

Dems okayed for mining committee

September 29, 2011 By Bob Hague

The membership of a committee tasked with reviewing Wisconsin’s existing mining laws has been finalized, and state Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller has gotten his way on the composition of the panel. Miller had tapped Democrats Bob Jauch, Jon Erpenbach and Tim Carpenter to serve with four Republicans. “We can’t get any more evenly divided unless somebody wasn’t there,” Miller said , referring the state Senate’s 17-16 partisan split. “If we’re going to bipartisan work on a mining bill, we ought to have equal members.” While Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald initially indicated he wanted just two Democrats — Jauch and Jim Holperin, he agreed Thursday to Millers picks “in the efforts of moving forward with our shared goal of creating jobs in Northern Wisconsin.”

READ:  release from Majority Leader Fitzgerald (PDF)

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Legislature, Politics / Govt



Featured Stories

Brewers to open season with fans

Report: Former Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. to sign with Brewers

Seven Badgers honored by the WCHA

Panthers rally to upset Wright State in Horizon League quarterfinals

Jokic leads Denver in rout of the Bucks

TwitterFacebook

Sports Headlines

Big Ten Men’s & Women’s basketball Tournaments to Allow Limited Fan Attendance

Brewers to open season with fans

Report: Former Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. to sign with Brewers

Seven Badgers honored by the WCHA

Panthers rally to upset Wright State in Horizon League quarterfinals

More Sports

Tweets by @WRN

Get our news delivered to your inbox:

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC