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Published March 14, 2012, 11:00 AM

Letter: Mining jobs lost due to vote by senators, she says

TO THE EDITOR: On March 6, 16 democrat senators—Tim Carpenter, Lena Taylor, Spencer Coggs, Chris Larson, Jim Holperin, Tim Cullen, Mark Miller, Jessica King, Robert Wirch, Julie Lassa, Robert Jauch, Fred Risser, Jon Erpenbach, Dave Hansen, Kathleen Vinehout—and one republican (Dale Schultz) voted to kill the mining bill that would of generated over $1.5 billion for economic development in Northern Wisconsin for generations.

By: Carrie Falkofske, Prescott, Pierce County Herald

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