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Senators push for Great Lakes shipbuilding to return

Jan 14, 2026 | Daily News

A bipartisan group of U.S Senators from the Great Lakes states sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging his administration to establish Maritime Prosperity Zones in the Great Lakes and to support the creation of a Great Lakes Shipbuilding Consortium. Read the full story by WLPR – Lowell, IN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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