Measure passes 50-49 to overturn a 20-year ban on mining near renowned Boundary Waters canoe area wilderness ...

The US Senate on Thursday narrowly voted to overturn former President Joe Biden’s mining ban in northern Minnesota, agreeing with the House of Representatives and sending the bill to President Donald ...

On April 16, the U.S. Senate narrowly voted to overturn a 20-year mining ban imposed by the Biden administration ...

Congressional Republicans have sent President Donald Trump a resolution that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, hoping to clear the way for a ...

The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to end a mining ban near the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota. The measure passed on a ...

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The vote to allow mining near the protected wilderness area came over the objection of Democrats and two Republicans.

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US President Donald Trump put his signature on a resolution that lifted the ban on mining in Minnesota's Superior National ...

The move reopens large swaths of territory in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis counties to potential resource development.