Coalition Asks U.S. Sen. Martinez to Protect Taxpayers From Irresponsible Coastal Development
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The Florida Coalition for  Preservation today asked U.S. Senator and Republican National  Committee (RNC) General  Chairman Mel Martinez  to protect American taxpayers from being forced to subsidize  irresponsible coastal overdevelopment along America's  barrier islands.
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By Mike Ekey, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Sep. 16--Residents want protection from unwanted development. City Hall wants options that will keep growth alive.   But both sides recognized the importance of maintaining high standards in the Cedar Creek neighborhood.
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At a hearing Monday just blocks from the World Trade Center site, the mayor and other New York politicians and real estate developers urged Congress to continue a law that provides insurance against terrorism.
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By AMY WOLD  When a federal coastal restoration task force meets in January, it will consider spending $34 million to build two restoration projects in the coming year.  A project in Jefferson Parish and one in St.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators from coastal states introduced legislation Thursday calling for removal of the thousands of tons of ocean debris that wash up on U.S. shores each year.
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An effort to buy floating barriers to protect the nation's fleet from attacks several years ago led to millions of dollars in waste and may have involved criminal fraud by a government employee and contractor, officials of the Navy and the U.S. General Services Administration told a House...
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Stepping up his legal and political battle, state Sen. Richard Alarcon endorsed a class-action lawsuit filed Thursday that challenges the 11 percent water-rate increase the Department of Water and Power imposed this year.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Florida's new governor on Tuesday called on state lawmakers to roll back property taxes, reward top teachers and help fight global warming.
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By AMY WOLD  NEW ORLEANS - A federal coastal-restoration task force is combing the books for money to get more projects built.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Jun. 26--Controversy continued Monday at the second land-use hearing in as many weeks on a proposed development near Henderson Inlet.
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Should taxpayers pay to safeguard coastal residents from the ocean or should beach towns shovel the sand themselves?
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and  Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on Thursday urged the  Senate to make permanent the moratorium on taxes for Internet  access and electronic commerce.
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By GERARD SHIELDS  WASHINGTON - Though Louisiana gained billions in offshore oil and gas royalty revenue at the close of Congress, it was unable to push through funding for the Morganza-to-the-Gulf hurricane protection project over the objections of a lone Oklahoma senator.  U.S.
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By Adrian Walker, The Boston Globe  Jun. 12--This is the kind of standoff politicians specialize in: Everyone  has agreed for close to a decade that the battered coastline in Winthrop is in  desperate need of repair.   But that's where the consensus ends.
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By Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Dec. 19--City government leaders plan to develop an inventory of the community's natural resources to protect the most valuable from development.
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By Kevin Wadlow, Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon  Sep. 13--A coalition of marine-conservation groups issued a reminder Tuesday to Florida's candidates for governor: Don't forget the ocean.
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By Josh Hafenbrack, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 14--A day after hundreds of residents demanded local politicians get a grip on their spending to keep property taxes down, Palm Beach County commissioners moved forward with a potentially costly new public art program.