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The clash over who should appoint DNR officials continues

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State lawmakers are once again discussing whether to change who picks Wisconsin’s top environmental official.For the past 12 years the governor has chosen the natural resources secretary; others think a board appointed by the governor should do it. Shamane Mills reports…

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