A Wisconsin Summer Adventure Awaits
Wednesday, 09 June 2021 - Jeff Smith, State Senator District 31
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/door-county_biking-s5.jpgSen. Smith writes about the many ways Wisconsinites can enjoy the outdoors during National Camping month and the summer months beyond.
Gov. Evers’ Address to the Democratic State Convention
Friday, 04 June 2021 - Tony Evers Press
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/evers-speaks-dairy-mo-s5.pngGovernor to address this years convention Saturday night again held virtually due to the pandemic. Here are excerpts from his planned remarks.
Jobless Claims and COVID Cases At Lowest Pandemic-Era Level
Friday, 04 June 2021 - DPW Press
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/construction-jobs-s5.jpgWisconsin Dems say numbers are thanks to Democratic leadership and commitment to serving Wisconsinites through the American Rescue Plan and Badger Bounceback agenda.
   |
Path through water source and cultural sites stopped for now.
CANNON BALL, N.D. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Sunday that it won't grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota.
The decision is a victory for the several thousand camped near the construction site, who've said for months that the four-state, $3.8 billion project would threaten a water source and cultural sites.
The pipeline is largely complete except for the now-blocked segment underneath Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir. According to a news release, Assistant Secretary for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy said her decision was based on the need to "explore alternate routes" for the pipeline's crossing.
"Although we have had continuing discussion and exchanges of new information with the Standing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access, it's clear that there's more work to do," Darcy said. "The best way to complete that work responsibly and expeditiously is to explore alternate routes for the pipeline crossing."
The company constructing the pipeline, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, had said it was unwilling to reroute the project. It and the Morton County Sheriff's Office, which has done much of the policing of the protests, didn't have immediate comment.
U.S. Secretary for the Interior Sally Jewell said in a statement that the Corps' "thoughtful approach ... ensures that there will be an in-depth evaluation of alternative routes for the pipeline and a closer look at potential impacts" and "underscores that tribal rights reserved in treaties and federal law, as well as Nation-to-Nation consultation with tribal leaders, are essential components of the analysis to be undertaken in the environmental impact statement going forward."
For more information, go here.
|
|
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/affordablecareact-s5.jpg
This once promising legislation to advance medical innovation has been hijacked by big money interests and lobbyists to legalize fraud and hand out special deals to GOP donors. Help progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren stop it.
|
|
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/school-bus-kids-s5.jpg
She has spearheaded the effort in Wisconsin to take money away from public schools to benefit unaccountable private schools, and her appointment shows these are top priorities for the President-Elect.
|
|
