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While a deal was reach in the battle over the next federal budget, lawmakers are still working to pass it. And until that happens, everything is the status quo, and new projects aren't being executed.

LIke $60 million worth of improvements needed at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort for the much-delayed F-35B variant of the Joint Strike Fighter .

The Island Packet has a nice rundown on the situation; read it here.

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