Congress

A transition from one presidential administration to another typically sees a mad scramble. The president announces last-minute pardons, federal agencies issue last-minute regulations, and lately, Congress has shown a tendency to pass last-minute spending bills called continuing resolutions. Read More

The announcement of the finalized and reconciled Water Resources Development Act moving out of committee and the subsequent approval of the full House of Representatives on December 10 was… Read More

We write often about America’s unparalleled system of rivers and inland waterways and how they connect farmers, exporters and manufacturers with markets overseas. When they are operating smoothly, even though… Read More

A bill recently introduced in Congress to strengthen the U.S. Navy’s shipyard support and bolster its ability to keep pace with China’s blistering progress in shipbuilding has a few… Read More

Seldom has a single date loomed with more menace to commerce than September 30. By chance or coincidence, it contains a triple deadline. That’s the deadline for… Read More

The Supreme Court’s overturning of the so-called Chevron deference doctrine in its June 28 Loper Bright decision may be one of the more consequential decisions of the Roberts court, with… Read More

The world is catching up to the vision that Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative was created to promote—a vision of a systemwide response to systemwide challenges to the Mississippi… Read More