Belleville News-Democrat
September 22, 2011
By Mike Fitzgerald

COLLINSVILLE — Work on a $161 million project to improve 64 miles of flood  protection levees in Madison, St. Clair and Monroe counties could be delayed  indefinitely because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has not disclosed criteria  for issuing required construction permits… more

St. Louis Beacon
September 6, 2011
By Robert Koenig

WASHINGTON – Maps, money and subsidies are the major issues in the debate over renewing the nation’s troubled flood insurance program, which is inundated by $18 billion in red ink and needs congressional action by month’s end to stay afloat…more