ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Jan. 4 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Louis District issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2022: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District recently awarded a 7.2-million-dollar contract to Luhr Brothers, Inc. of Columbia, Ill., to construct a Mississippi River habitat restoration project, located in Pool 26, between Upper Mississippi River Miles 207.5 - 211.5 near Grafton, Ill., in Madison and Jersey counties. The construction under this contract  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2022: Representative Angie Craig applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation announcement that the Saint Paul Port Authority has been awarded $4.14 million through the Maritime Administration's Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). The federal funding, which Craig advocated for in a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in August, will go toward replacing the Barge Termina  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2022: In November, the U.S. House of Representatives passed and the president signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law. This follows the U.S. Senate passing the legislation in August. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) led efforts to draft and pass this historic investment in Louisiana's roads, airports, ports, rural broadband and flood mitigation projects. He al  more