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Listening to the partisan political debate, some people may think that the only way for government policies to change is to elect the right people. While elections are important, they are not the only way that policies get changed. Another possibility is that the Overton Window shifts when some ideas become more popular, and the change can make previously unthinkable policies possible. I spoke with the Mackinac Center’s director of research, Michael Van Beek, to talk about how the Overton Window changes. We looked at the new ways policymakers thought about taxi regulations and what ...

7 LANCASTER, Tenn. (April 15, 2019) – First responders participated in an exercise at Center Hill Dam last week to coordinate actions that would be necessary if they had to respond to a scenario where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District could not operate the spillways during a high water event. The tabletop exercise April 8 provided the opportunity for the first responders to address security and dam safety issues and to consider public safety concerns in a classroom environment. The setting made it possible to understand each agency’s capabilities and auth...

The dams/reservoirs fined are Wahiawa on O‘ahu and Keaīwa on Hawai‘i. The DLNR Dam Safety Program presented the enforcement actions to the Land Board to ensure dam owners move forward with the necessary steps to maintain their dam structures and comply with safety standards and regulations set forth in state law. Carty Chang, DLNR’s Chief Engineer said, “The goal of the Dam Safety Program is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of everyone by reducing the risk of failure of dams and reservoirs. These enforcement actions will help our program more effectively work with dam ...

Michigan's fragile dams need a $420M investment, more oversight, new laws, task force says By Jack Nissen LANSING, Mich. - It's been months since a wall of water burst through two dams, submerged mid-Michigan communities underwater, and created one of the year's worst environmental disasters. As a result, Michigan's dam safety task force has taken a long hard look at its dam infrastructure and come up with a list of 86 recommendations that would improve the state's failing barriers. They're not going to be cheap recommendations to make, however. And many will require the rewriting of laws t...

EGLE Members of the Michigan Dam Safety Task Force will discuss their recommendations and report to the Governor at their final meeting Wednesday, Feb. 3. The final report, developed by the Task Force over five months of volunteer work, will be posted to the Task Force’s webpage. It will include comments received at a public online meeting Jan. 27 on draft recommendations in areas including regulation, legislation, compliance, permitting, inspections, the state’s Dam Safety Program and ownership responsibilities. Wednesday’s public online meeting begins at 2 p.m. You can join using the...