Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pushing a resolution to end the moratorium through the House despite environmentalists' warnings that it could devastate a premier destination for campers, kayakers and canoeists.
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Republicans in the House vote to lift a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area

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he Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely.
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The Trump administration is delaying a decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies

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Lake Mendota is a sprawling, 15-square-mile body of water on Madison's west side. The state Capitol building and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are located on an isthmus that runs between it and Lake Monona, a 5-square-mile lake to the east.
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Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake 'parking lot'

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Matthew Thome, representing Sheboygan County, stands before the state Supreme Court during oral arguments about an 1849 law outlawing abortion Monday, Nov. 10, 2024, at the Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Supporters in Wisconsin cheer Supreme Court ruling that overturns state's abortion ban

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Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, filed a lawsuit that year arguing that the ban was trumped by abortion restrictions legislators enacted during the nearly half-century that Roe was in effect.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban

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Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to helping a man evade federal immigration agents
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Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to helping a man evade federal immigration agents

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