Evers, DNR push finance committee to release $10 million in PFAS settlement funds

By: Henry Redman

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: August 21, 2026

Words: 402

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are asking the Legislature’s Republican-controlled Joint Committee on Finance to release $10 million the state received earlier this summer as part of a lawsuit settlement with Tyco Fire Products over PFAS contamination in the Marinette area.

In June, Tyco and the state reached the settlement agreement, marking one of the first efforts in the state to hold a polluter responsible for PFAS …

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