I do believe the Feds gave the Tribes the authority to regulate water quality on their lands, and, the quality of the water that flow onto their lands.

It makes me smile as I see all the talk about this mine. As we all know the conservatives are like the old story. The will sell any thing if the price is right. Just like the world's oldest profession. The tribes will stop this dead, if there is any hint of pollution. The guv and the repub's have to appease them some way.

I feel bad for the people who drove from Northern Wisconsin and waited their turn to talk (for and against it)during a public hearing and the people who wrote up this bill shut off debate. Apparently some politicians failed civics class in school

They talk about jobs and there will be jobs available in the area. The questions is where will the people come from? Some will probably be local people. Others will come from Michigan and Minnesota. Minnesota and Michigan lost 625 mining jobs last November. Those people have the experience the company will be looking for. Don't expect this to be a big job maker for Wisconsin. If you look at history, you will find that mining communities go through boom and bust years. Overall those communities never become prosperous. Look at UP Michigan. Look at the Appalachian area and mining areas in Minnesota and Montana. I think as Wisconsinites we can do better for ourselves than the devastation of such valuable land at the expense of a few temporary jobs.

" would lead to thousands of jobs"..... Fine, great,...but are those jobs IN WISCONSIN ? Or are they talking about the equipment that needs to be built, or the education that needs to be shared, the vehicles that will be needed, etc, etc...what percentage of those thousands of jobs will come from or stay in Wisconsin ?

A mining bill was "good" when the dem had a 5 month majority, but it became "bad" when the republicans regained the majority.

Let's hope everyone makes a decision based on accurate information, and try to work together. If Cullen has some new ideas (other than making the permit process never-ending), then they need to take a look at them.

As far as the community receiving the biggest share of any monies from this project, I believe that most of it should be returned to the area affected the most...90/10%.

(Please read the comment below the video)

http://youtu.be/DEFm6m3w9Dw

come on conservatives, let's conserve this land.

donnaw and other conservatives consider ALL facts and opinions that differ from their own beliefs as bias.

Donnaw - What biased? The mine would create jobs. A mine lobbiest was at the hearing. The Assembly, Senate and Governors seat are GOP. The bill will pass.
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People were there speaking in opposition to the bill. The mine will devastate a pristine area. Regulations would be reduce to allow the company to ruin this area.
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Where is the bias?

Oh this is horrible - what?

http://www.co.jackson.wi.us/index.asp?Ty...

Wazee Lake: The man-made lake was formed after being used as a quarry for taconite mining between the mid-1960s through April 1983. The quarry produced about 850,000 tons of taconite pellets each year.

Put those computers and smart phones away hyprocrite liberals. They came from mining.

What a biased article. So typical of AP and MM.

Value of ore. Value of water. Value of mining jobs. Value of tourism jobs. Value to a small group. Value to a large public. Who ends up with the most Value out of these mines? I only hope that if they or we allow this to happen in our Beautiful State that cost to us is properly and honestly brought out as it is said you can't put the tooth paste back in the tube. As an example talk to some people in Ohio who have had gas and oil fracking going on these last few years some have made lots of money and some cannot drink thier water. I hope we can get the Value for the price we will pay?