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Mayors press for federal focus on Mississippi River
About a dozen mayors from Minnesota to Louisiana form the Mississippi River Platform in Washington to push for federal action on water quality drought and flood prep. They will work with a bipartisan Mississippi River Caucus and seek a Water Resources Development Act plus federal funds and a national drought council while addressing invasive species and river navigation projects.
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Minnesota
Louisiana
Washington
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Francis Slay
Capitol Hill
Svoice
A.C. Wharton
Memphis, Tenn
Associated
Army Corps of Engineers
Missouri River
Missouri
Mississippi
Mayors
Dick Durbin
Illinois
Corps
Durbin
American Society of Civil Engineers
The
Waterways Council