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Group sues to obtain Wisconsin DNR board chairman’s texts
An environmental-advocacy group filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking the Department of Natural Resources policy board chairman's text messages.
DNR board takes no action on hiring outside attorneys
The state Department of Natural Resources policy board took no action Monday after meeting in a closed session for more than an hour to discuss hiring its own attorneys in a lawsuit seeking to block the fall wolf hunt.
Board to consider hiring outside attorneys in wolf lawsuits
The state Department of Natural Resources policy board plans to vote next week on whether to hire its own attorneys in a pair of lawsuits seeking to block the fall wolf hunt, underscoring the deepening rift between the board's Republican members and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul.
Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking removal of DNR chairman
A Wisconsin judge on Friday rejected a lawsuit seeking to remove the state Department of Natural Resources policy board's leader from his post even though his term has ended.
Judge won’t let lawmakers, hunters join DNR board lawsuit
A Wisconsin judge declined to let Republican legislators and a hunting group join a lawsuit seeking to remove the state Department of Natural Resources policy board's leader from his post.
DNR won’t participate in meeting amidst appointee fight
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials have taken the unprecedented step of refusing to participate in its policy board meeting later this month amidst a nasty fight over whether the panel's chairman must step down from his post.
Chairman: Nothing wrong with talking with conservatives
The chairman of the Department of Natural Resources policy board said Thursday he did nothing wrong when he consulted with a Republican congressman and an aide to the GOP state Senate leader about refusing to step down from his position.
Fight over well water near Lake Superior could land in court
A grassroots citizen group is pushing back against a Duluth company's proposal to bottle and sell water from a well near Lake Superior.
Emails: DNR board chairman consulted with GOP about staying
The leader of the state Department of Natural Resources policy board consulted with Republicans on his decision to stay on the panel after his term expired, emails show.
DNR board member says lawsuit to oust him is political (UPDATE)
Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit Tuesday demanding that a judge remove the GOP-appointed chairman of the Department of Natural Resources policy board from his position, a request designed to give Gov. Tony Evers control of a panel that decides state environmental policy.
Wisconsin bill would tie PFAS grants to lawsuit immunity
The Wisconsin Assembly planned to vote Tuesday on a bill that would create a new $10 million grant program to help communities clean up contamination from "forever chemicals" known as PFAS but would ban them from suing those responsible for the pollution.
Justices weigh sweeping environmental cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court was set to hear oral arguments Monday in a pair of far-reaching environmental lawsuits that could define state officials' ability to regulate factory farms and high-capacity wells and determine how far state agencies can go when interpreting state law.
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