by Fix MI State | Jun 7, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district in Detroit says it has received an additional $16.5 million from Congress for dredging and infrastructure repairs in the Great Lakes region. District engineer Lt. Col. Dennis Sugrue says the funding will be used for the most...
by Fix MI State | Jun 7, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Pam Taylor, a woman I admire a great deal, lives in a rural community in Lenawee County, not far from the Ohio border, a place where her family has been farming since 1837. You wouldn’t call her lifestyle wild and crazy. A retired teacher in late middle age, she...
by Fix MI State | Jun 7, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Dams & Other
WASHINGTON D.C. (WLUC) – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Representative Jack Bergman, U.S. Senator Gary Peters, and Representatives Sandy Levin, Fred Upton, Bill Huizenga, Tim Walberg, Dan Kildee, Mike Bishop, Debbie Dingell, Brenda Lawrence, John Moolenaar, Dave...
by Fix MI State | Jun 7, 2017 | Roads & Bridges, Dams & Other
Washington — Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller will take part in a listening session Thursday afternoon at the White House, where she’ll discuss the massive sinkhole in Fraser. President Donald Trump invited Miller to Washington among a...
by Fix MI State | Jun 6, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Michigan needs to spend as much as $14 billion over the next 20 years to protect and maintain the systems that deliver safe, drinkable water to our homes, schools and businesses. How, one might ask, is our state going to afford it? Ensuring that Michigan’s engineers...