Tag: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Associated PressFebruary 14, 2017
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A judicial official sided with Georgia in a decades-long dispute over water rights with Florida on Tuesday, recommending that the U.S. Supreme Court refuse Florida’s high-stakes request to cap water use by its neighboring state. The dispute focuses on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, covering nearly 20,000 square miles in western Georgia, eastern Alabama and the […]

Associated PressDecember 23, 2016
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been given the green light to move forward with a plan to deepen and widen Port Everglades. Port officials said Thursday that the corps can move ahead with the project now that President Obama signed into the law last week the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act. […]

Staff ReportsNovember 14, 2016
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A delegation from the Florida Chamber of Commerce is headed to Washington this week to press the state’s congressional delegation on pro-business policies. Bob Grammig, the Holland & Knight partner who is the Chamber’s chairman-elect, will lead the “Fly-In” delegation. Also attending are Lee Sandler, of the Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg law firm; Eric Silagy, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 15, 2016
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The U.S. Senate passed a wide-sweeping water bill Thursday that includes $1.9 billion for Everglades restoration projects. The Senate approved the $10 billion water projects bill 95-3, with both Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio supporting the proposal. The measure authorizes 29 projects in 18 states for dredging, flood control, and other projects overseen by […]


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