Legal Analyst Shows How Assembly Mining Bill Guts Existing Law

This bill is one vote from approval in the Senate, and Walker's signature. Read on:

Assembly Bill 426, introduced Dec. 14, 2011, makes sweeping changes that would affect permit applicants, local governments, neighboring property owners, citizens’ groups, and the state itself. Elizabeth Wheeler of Clean Wisconsin explains that these changes span a range of issues, from permit fees and tax revenues to permitting timelines and environmental standards as applied to iron mining.

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald turns the clock back decades and jeopardizes clean water in Wisconsin.