WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- U.S. states are paying the price for spending money meant to repair crumbling bridges on other things, a U.S. congressman says.

SAUGATUCK, Mich., July 10 (UPI) -- The Council of Great Lakes Governors said a pact designed to protect the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin is headed to Congress.

WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) -- The proposed Delta Air Lines-Northwest Airlines merger has found skeptics on New York's Wall Street and Washington's Capitol Hill, industry observers said.

WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- U.S. air travelers are the customers for the Federal Aviation Administration and its safety inspectors, not airlines, a congressional panel chairman said.

DALLAS, March 14 (UPI) -- Southwest Airlines, which had canceled 126 flights in a controversy over aircraft inspections, says it is back to normal operations.

WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- Southwest Airlines has been accused of flying thousands of passengers on aircraft that federal inspectors said were "unsafe," congressional documents say.

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- President George Bush said Saturday he wants to see the collapsed 35W bridge in Minneapolis rebuilt as quickly as possible, although he wasn't more specific. The president flew to the Twin Cities for a first-hand look at the scene of the spectacular disas

WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- Federal lawmakers in Washington are objecting to a Bush administration plan to overhaul the agency that runs security at most federal buildings.

WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation Committee says he wants to increase the federal government's power to fine airlines for poor customer service. A fine of $10,000 per passenger per violation "would get their attention," said Rep. James Obersta