Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Packers TV bill reintroduced

By TOM LAVENTURE

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HURLEY, Wis. — A Wisconsin senator is trying again to address the issue of border towns not being able to watch some Green Bay Packer games when local stations in neighboring states air other games instead.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., re-introduced S.2454, the “Go Pack Go Act” that requires cable, satellite and other video providers to offer Wisconsin subscribers access to programming from broadcast television stations in a Wisconsin media market.

“Every Packers fan across our state should be able to watch every Packers game,” Baldwi...