BATON ROUGE, La. — Mayors from 10 states along the Mississippi River recently convened in Louisiana’s capital to announce a cooperative agreement between the working river’s ports.
The mayors also called upon the next president to prioritize several federal policy changes to support the 105 cities represented by the initiative.
Mayors from the Corn Belt joined mayors from Louisiana to sign the Mississippi River Ports Cooperative Endeavor Agreement. The agreement is the first to ensure cooperation between the inland ports in the heart of the Corn Belt and the coastal ports of Louisiana, which export 60% of the nation’s ag products…