Lawmakers seek funding for levees in St. Joseph

Three Missouri lawmakers are urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to commit some recently approved funding to levee improvements in northwest Missouri. Sens. Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt, along with U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, recently wrote to the Army's assistant secretary for civil works and chief engineer and said the state of Missouri and local sources will provide matching funds needed for levee upgrades, the St. Joseph News-Press reported.

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