Frac Sand Mining Puts Upper Midwest Communities at Risk, Report Confirms
Mining of the fine-grain sand needed for hydraulic fracturing is putting communities in Wisconsin and Minnesota at risk.
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After Koch-Tied Judge Is Reversed, Walker Probe Rests with Conflicted WI Supreme Court
A federal appellate court has shut down Judge Rudolph Randa's decision halting the criminal probe into Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and allied groups.
Yelp, Facebook, Google Are Latest Tech Companies to Drop ALEC
First Microsoft, then Google and Facebook and now Yelp have caved to public pressure to drop their membership ALEC. Next in their sights, Yahoo and Ebay.
Facebook Plans to Cut Ties With ALEC
Just one day after Google announced it was cutting ties with the ALEC, Facebook announced that they are "not likely" to renew their ALEC membership next year.
WI ALEC Plagiarists Criticize Burke for Copying Jobs Plan
Two Wisconsin Republicans members of ALEC are claiming that Mary Burke should immediately end her bid for Governor because her jobs plan contained language borrowed from other candidates.
Google Says ALEC Is Literally Lying about Climate Change, Ends Membership
Google chairman Eric Schmidt said Monday that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is "literally lying" that climate change is not a reality.
Tens of Thousands of WI Students Face New Voting Hurdles
The last-minute reinstatement of Wisconsin's voter ID restrictions will make it harder to vote for tens of thousands of students attending college in Wisconsin.
WI Election Officials and Advocates Scrambling After Voter ID Reinstated
Wisconsin election officials and advocates are being forced to make an "extraordinary effort" to adjust to voter ID restrictions that were just reinstated by a federal appellate court.
Google Refuses to Respond to Letter Questioning ALEC Ties
The Center for Media and Democracy/Progressive Inc. and other groups sent a letter to Google asking it to cut its ties to ALEC, but Google has refused to respond.
US Chamber Attack on Wife of Walker Prosecutor Falls Apart
The U.S. Chamber's "bombshell" attack on the Walker criminal probe has fallen apart.
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