Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is ...

Signed into law Jan. 4, this year’s package includes studies on increased flooding in the upper basin, flood mitigation ...

It required 80-plus years of wrangling with agencies of the federal government, but an agreement appears to be in place to ...

Nowadays, a vast network of highways ties the southwest suburbs to the rest of the world. However, there was a time when the Minnesota River was the region’s lifeline. Steamboats ferried passengers up ...

After Katrina, environmentalists built an overlook on Bayou Bienvenue to give the community access to the wetlands, which had ...

After the great Mississippi River flood of 1927 occurred, the U.S. government leveed the whole river. This levee work cut off ... scientific studies supporting construction of the Mid-Baritaria ...

"Can you give me an idea of what train lines used these tracks?" Jon A. Russo asked Curious Louisiana. "Just when was the ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece ... North of St. Louis, for example, levees constrain the river to protect communities and valuable farmland from flooding — and ...

North of St. Louis, for example, levees constrain the river ... on commercial operators that use the Mississippi River and other inland waterways, adding up to about $125 million per year in recent ...

The plan includes 23 active projects across Terrebonne and Lafourche, 15 projects in engineering and two projects in the ...