Salt light.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

Winter is here, and cold-weather states will need lots of salt to keep the highways safe. But prices are running two and three times higher than last year, according to Stateline.org, forcing some states to make do with less. Many states used up their reserves last year because of a severe winter in the Northeast and Midwest. And this summer's heavy rainstorms, flooding and hurricanes stalled some Mississippi River barge deliveries. The lack of supply is causing the price...