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Doyle to make 'major announcement' on Great Lakes Compact

By ASSOCIATED PRESS   Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - 10:14 a.m.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle plans to make what his office called a major announcement'' regarding the Great Lakes Compact that has stalled in the Legislature under Republican opposition.

Doyle scheduled a news conference for Wednesday afternoon in New Berlin along with several mayors from the area, state lawmakers and others.

Doyle has urged the Legislature to approve the compact, but Assembly Republicans have blocked it. They are concerned about a provision that allows any Great Lakes governor to block any request to pull water from any of the lakes.

All eight Great Lakes states and Congress must agree to the deal before it can take effect.

Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.




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