BATON ROUGE – Mayors from 10 states along the Mississippi River recently convened in Louisiana’s capital to announce a cooperative agreement between the working river’s ports. The mayors also called upon the next U.S. President to prioritize several federal-policy changes to support the 105 cities represented by the initiative.
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Delaney Dryfoos is with The Lens; Elise Plunk is with the Louisiana Illuminator This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri in partnership with Report for America, with major funding from the Walton Family Foundation. The Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative is also a Walton grantee.
