Report: Sen. Tim Carpenter was going to vote with Republicans on mining bill..as of Monday night

From News Radio 620: So the training initiative was inserted into the bill. And sources say that in exchange for the initiative, Carpenter committed to voting for the bill. The unions are happy, Republicans are relieved, and fellow Democratic Senators don’t yet know anything about his decision, as of Monday…

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Maybe we weren’t crying wolf after all on Gogebic

Report: Senator Carpenter flipped position on mining bill; caused bill to fail Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald joined Charlie Sykes on Wednesday to talk about his disappointment surrounding the bill’s failure. “There was some real indications that one of these Democrats was going to vote with us and move this…

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Gogebic Taconite calls it quits in Wisconsin

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Republican mining bill dealt setback, Sen. Tim Carpenter stands with fellow Democrats

By a vote of 17-16, the state Senate voted today to reject mining legislation proposed by Republican lawmakers that would ease the regulatory path for a large open pit iron mine in northern Wisconsin. Among those Democratic State Senators voting against the mining legislation was Sen. Tim Carpenter, who yesterday…

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So about that mine up in the northwoods…

Here’s an interesting tidbit from an article by Frik Els at Mining.com: BHP, Vale and Rio Tinto control nearly 70% of the 1 billion tonne annual iron ore seaborne trade and thanks to their economies of scale have been flooding the market by concentrating on building market share rather than…

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BREAKING: Democratic State Sen. Tim Carpenter to vote for Republican mining legislation??? (UPDATED)

UPDATE: According to Demcratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate, he’s been assured all good Democrats are on board and are opposed to the Republican mining legislation. I’m hearing from reliable sources that Democratic State Sen. Tim Carpenter will break from the Democratic State Senate caucus and vote IN FAVOR…

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Brett Hulsey: GOP Strip Mining Bill Threatens 18,000 Wisconsin Families and Business Owners

GOP Strip Mining Bill Threatens 18,000 Wisconsin Families and Business Owners By Rep. Brett Hulsey Though Governor Walker and the GOP’s strip mining bill has now passed the Assembly, its becoming clearer every day that its elusive authors have pushed through a bill that threatens Wisconsin families and business owners…

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Jeff Stone: tribes don’t deserve any input into mine that will affect their reservations

Republican State Rep. Jeff Stone is a grade-A moron. Considering the highly negative impact the proposed mine will have on native americans living in northern Wisconsin, the tribes involved ABSOLUTELY should have a seat at the table as the impact of the proposed mine is discussed and debated.

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