Senate Appropriations Committee

'This is a game-changer': Restoration of Quincy Bay gets $33 million from Senate Appropriations Committee

August 5, 2021 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has given tentative approval to allocating $33 million to fully fund projects in the Upper Mississippi River Restoration program, including the restoration of Quincy Bay. A joint press release from U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois on Tuesday announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced…