Today, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court issued a decision in a pair of lawsuits determining the Department of Natural Resources authority to protect Wisconsin’s waterways.
The rulings grant the DNR power to regulate and monitor pollution and overuse of the state’s groundwater — and it brings to a close a complex legal battle that began nearly a decade ago.
For more, our producer Jonah Chester spoke with Evan Feinauer, a staff attorney with Clean Wisconsin.
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