Regional Solutions for a Regional Issue
MAFC annual meeting will be held in conjunction with the Mid America Association of State Transportation Officials (MAASTO) annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, Aug. 12-14, 2019. View the agenda here: 2019 Annual Meeting MAFC Agenda
The Mississippi River has been swollen for several months, disrupting commerce up and down its 2,300-plus miles. Historic flooding has ruined billions of dollars worth of crops and farmland in the Midwest, and the damage has been spreading downstream, all the way to Louisiana. The flooding has also damaged levees, dams, bridges and roads, putting […]
For months, farmers and ranchers along the Missouri River from eastern Nebraska through western Iowa haven’t been able to rebound from major flooding that destroyed billions of dollars of crops, cattle and property. The flooding situation has worsened due to heavy mid-spring rains that caused the Mississippi River and many of its tributaries from St. […]