9/16/2025

ASHLAND COUNTY – Yesterday Lawyers for the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and environmental groups challenged the Wisconsin DNR permits for a 41-mile reroute of the Line 5 pipeline in Ashland County. Tribal chairman Robert Blanchard and experts will testify against the permits. Enbridge and business leaders highlight a thorough review process, but U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approval is still needed. Earthjustice attorney Stefanie Tsosie emphasized the Band’s voice and the “permanent and irreversible destruction” the reroute would cause. Enbridge, calling it “the most-studied pipeline project in state history,” has stated the reroute would have minimal impacts. Enbridge will present its case next week, followed by the Department of Natural Resources. The hearings are being held at Northwood Technical College for the rest of the week, then move down to Madison. Enbridge is expected to present its side then. The case is expected to wrap up around Oct. 3 with a decision expected by the end of the year by the administrative law judge

9/16/2025

LAC DU FLAMBEAU – In a news release yesterday The Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa announced the Tribe has expanded into Oneida and Iron counties.  In the release, the Tribe says it has successfully added 2,455 acres to the reservation since 2019. The release said: “This expansion is especially historic as it extends borders into Oneida County and Iron County for the very first time. These efforts not only reclaim pieces of our ancestral homeland but also ensure that future generations will continue to benefit from the protection and stewardship of our lands.”  The release also says that over the past six years, 30 Tribal members have purchased property with guidance from the Land Management team.

9/16/2025

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — As Congress nears sending the U.S. into a government shutdown, Michigan faces its own. Partisan politics in Michigan's split Legislature has resulted in a monthslong legislative stalemate. The state's Oct. 1 fiscal year deadline is approaching. Whitmer is expected to call on state lawmakers to break the deadlock in a speech Tuesday focused on Michigan’s economy.