MidWeek 31 March 2011

Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi ordered at about 8:15 a.m. Thursday that the law "has not been published within the meaning" of Wisconsin statute and "is therefore not in effect."basing her amended order on testimony at the March 18 hearing and evidence at the March 29 hearing. Amending The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to allow a new bridge over the St. Croix River amounts to a repeal of protection for scenic rivers nationwide, said former U.S. Sen. Walter Mondale, who was a co-author of the 1968 bill that protects those waterways. 400 people jammed a hall in Minneapolis on Wednesday for something not seen in 24 years: a Minnesota governor Mark Dayton in the heart of the African American community listening to their concerns.