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State lawmakers representing people in the Northwoods will be holding listening sessions in the coming weeks.They’re focused on what people would like to see prioritized in the next state budget.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers wants to make it more difficult for the Republican-controlled Legislature to block the purchasing of land by conservation groups and the state.

State Senator Mary Felzkowski spoke with WXPR about her concerns with the Pelican River Forest and why she held up funding for conservation easements on the property.

State Senator Mary Felzkowski spoke with WXPR about her concerns with the Pelican River Forest and why she held up funding for conservation easements on the property.

Following up on the Pelican River Forest report WXPR brought you Monday.We now know that one of the anonymous lawmakers who objected to funding the conservation project was State Senator Mary Felzkowski.

Nearly 700 homes and small businesses in the Eagle River area will soon have access to broadband. Spectrum just completed a $1.1 million fiber-optic network expansion in the area.

In a Senate committee hearing, legislators considered a Republican-authored bill which would legalize medical marijuana, with tight controls and regulation from state agencies and doctors.

Proponents of legalizing medical marijuana in Wisconsin are making their case at a public hearing on a Republican bill that’s getting its first airing under the GOP-controlled Legislature.

Wisconsin is a Midwestern island of marijuana prohibition. Most of its neighboring states have legalized the drug in some form.

Senate Bill 802 would allow owners to sell the land to a potential developer so as long as the sale is approved by the DNR and the DNR is reimbursed for the grant money, plus interest.