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Exploring the Idea of a Mississippi River Compact
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Exploring the Idea of a Mississippi Compact
The idea or a Mississippi River Compact has been rumbling up and down the river for years without getting a real toe-hold. A Mississippi River Compact would be a legal agreement between all ten mainstem Mississippi River states and the Federal Government. If enacted, a Compact could provide a forum for management over the entire watershed comprehensively using the sovereign powers of both state and federal governments. Is it time now for a Mississippi River Compact?
Join the Upper Misissippi River Region Inter-League Organization on December 4 to learn more!
Speakers:
In this webinar, attendees will hear from John Stack, JD, who wrote a Note for the Minnesota Law Review examining the feasibility of a Mississippi River Compact; Mayor David Kleis of St. Cloud and Minnesota Senator John Hoffman.
They will discuss the legal basis for a potential compact and the recent call by a group of Mayors along the River for a compact. Finally, they will look at the political situation and what it would take, at least in one state, to establish such a compact.
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State/National LWV event
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