Great Lakes senators call on Trump to stop delaying invasive carp barrier
Great Lakes Democratic lawmakers — including Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth — are warning the Trump administration that any more delays to a $1.15 billion barrier project to keep invasive carp out of Lake Michigan could put the economy of the region at risk.Five senators from Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin are calling for a meeting to discuss the repeated pauses around the Brandon Road Interbasin Project and “steps the administration will take to ensure the project is…
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