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County, DNR still don’t agree on boathouse stairways
County likely to stick with allowing them
It could boil down to a matter of agreeing to disagree, as the state Department of Natural Resources and Oneida County still don’t see eye-to-eye on having external stairways to access a boathouse rooftop deck — the county allows them; the DNR says they are illegal — but the county’s outside counsel said last week that the county is on solid legal ground.
DNR approves Line 5 permits for reroute
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has approved permits for relocating a proposed oil pipeline through part of northern Wisconsin. The permits would allow Enbridge Energy to circumvent the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians’ land. The tribe has vigorously opposed the pipeline.
Marquette researchers break down Wisconsin election results
A shift to the right, but not as much as in other states
Wisconsin truly split its ticket once again. That’s what John Johnson, a research fellow with the Marquette Law School Lubar Center for Public Policy Research, found in the wake of the Nov. 5 election — and of Donald Trump’s surprising sweep of seven battleground states, including Wisconsin.
Study: Autism more prevalent than thought
New inquiry will explore role of environmental toxins in ASD
According to recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control, autism is astonishingly prevalent in America’s young children, impacting one in every 36 kids, and now a new study says the number is likely even higher than that.
Trump seizes strong victory, wins electoral college and popular vote
Tiffany, Felzkowski, Swearingen roll; Baldwin survives with late surge
Former President and now President-elect Donald Trump will become the first president since Grover Cleveland in 1892 to serve non-consecutive terms, as the Republican nominee on Tuesday seized an advantage in early returns over Vice-President Kamala Harris and then secured the win with a triumph in Wisconsin.
Oneida County proposed budget would reduce property taxes
Oneida County kicked off its budget hearings last month facing an estimated operating deficit of nearly $1.3 million, but in October the county’s executive committee went quickly to work, cutting expenditures and modifying revenue measures to the tune of about $1.5 million, and in the end produced for taxpayers both a lower levy and a lower tax rate, if it is enacted as is.
It’s down to the wire in the Badger state
Young women, independents drive Harris; rural voters boost Trump
It’s all over but the last of the voting and as election day in the United States arrives, it’s safe to say nobody has a clue how it will turn out.
Proposed constitutional amendment would restrict Wisconsin voting to citizens
Progressives say it’s not needed; supporters see a loophole
On Tuesday voters across Wisconsin will cast ballots on a constitutional amendment that would restrict voting in the state to U.S. citizens, with supporters and opponents lining up on both sides of the question.
Kilbourn takes on Tiffany in seventh congressional district
Challenger calls for fresh leadership, new commitment to northern Wisconsin
Kyle Kilbourn, who is the Democratic nominee for Wisconsin’ seventh congressional district, acknowledges that he is not a native of northern Wisconsin but that’s not to say his arrival here was random, or without familial connections or passion for the area.
Tiffany seeks new term to keep fighting old problems
Deficit, energy, immigration still top concerns for northern Wisconsin
The times may always change but that doesn’t mean the nation doesn’t face age-old problems, and that’s the case this year as Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany seeks another term representing northern Wisconsin in Congress.