La., Miss. Reach Deal on Oyster Bed Project *** Congressional Delegation Works Out Compromise
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By GERARD SHIELDS  WASHINGTON - Louisiana and Mississippi have reached an agreement on a water diversion plan to help Mississippi oyster beds, even though Congress failed to pass a comprehensive water resources bill.  The project was controversial because U.S. Sen.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 13--A revised federal plan to speed home and institutional building in coastal wetlands has been released for public review and comments.   The U.S.
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By CAIN BURDEAU  SHELL BEACH, La. - Unde
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By Kimball Payne, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 25--GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- State lawmakers agreed Saturday to more than double the local panel charged with guiding the future of Fort Monroe as the Army prepares to leave the waterfront post by 2011.
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U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday reached a compromise to substantially raise fines for indecent radio and television broadcasts, but they are still trying to get final approval by the Senate and House of Representatives.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 9--Beach restoration in east Destin is halfway done.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- A proposed compromise designed to reconcile competing versions of a key corporate tax bill would allow for a federal buyout of subsidized tobacco growers, but strikes Senate-approved language that would give the Food and Drug
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 21--LONG BEACH -- A plan to waive portions of rebuilding permit fees for churches and other nonprofit groups has stirred hot debate.
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The federal government on Friday approved Mississippi's plan to divert $600 million in hurricane housing funds to a port improvement project, angering critics who say tens of thousands of people made homeless by Hurricane Katrina still need help.
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By Lawrence Latane Iii, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Dec. 17--Conservation groups and Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's administration are considering ways to save a 387-acre tract on the Northern Neck that a Girl Scout organization wants to sell.
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Republican leaders in the U.S. House  of Representatives, who will yield to a Democratic majority in  January, on Friday agreed to allow a vote on a limited offshore  oil and natural gas drilling bill, which would open 8.3 million  acres in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida.
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By Kristin Davis, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Jun. 24--SOUTHERN SHORES, N.C.   Six property owners have agreed to lease land to Southern Shores for a canal dredging project.
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The Massachusetts House of Representatives yesterday voted to fix a glitch in state environmental law that held billion-dollar implications for developers and land owners.
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By SCOTT HARPER  BY SCOTT HARPER  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  CHESAPEAKE - Hearndon Construction Corp. has agreed to pay the state an $11,500 fine and restore wetlands and woods illegally damaged during development of new homes in the Deep Creek area of Chesapeake.
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By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  May 24--WASHINGTON -- An amendment has been made to a U.S. House resolution to conform with a bill regarding the recovery of ground water.   The resolution, sponsored by Rep.
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The Senate reached a compromise between lawmakers who proposed a shorter extension and those who insisted it should be made permanent.
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House leaders and the White House reached a tentative deal on a package that would pay stipends of $300 to $1,200 per family and provide tax incentives for businesses.