Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By RICHARD JENKINS
LANSING — A bill to create a committee to advise on mining regulations in the state recently passed the Michigan House of Representatives.
The bill to establish the Committee of Michigan’s Mining Future passed the House 107-1 on May 16.
“My bill to create a committee on Michigan’s mining future had near-unanimous support on the House floor. Work on this bill began in 2015 when it was announced that the Empire Mine would be idled,” state Rep. Sara Cambensy, D-Marquette, said in a news release. “Elected officials, labor and industry leaders in Marqu...
