Landrieu, Biden’s Senior Advisor on Infrastructure, Takes Campaign Role
Political News
Landrieu, Biden’s Senior Advisor on Infrastructure, Takes Campaign Role
2024-01-08 19:01:28
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Mitch Landrieu, a senior advisor to President Joe Biden and the administration’s lead coordinator for projects funded by the bipartisan infrastructure bill, is leaving the White House to join the president’s reelection campaign as national co-chair. The White... Read More

Amtrak Invokes Eminent Domain for Rail Tunnel in Baltimore
Infrastructure
Amtrak Invokes Eminent Domain for Rail Tunnel in Baltimore
2023-08-18 19:37:56
by Tom Ramstack

BALTIMORE — Amtrak is trying to invoke eminent domain rights to build a multibillion-dollar replacement for the 150-year-old rail tunnel that runs under West Baltimore. The National Passenger Railroad Corp. says a new tunnel would be critical to its ability... Read More

Commerce Secretary Raimondo Spearheads Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
Investment
Commerce Secretary Raimondo Spearheads Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
2023-07-28 19:56:09
by Kate Michael

WASHINGTON — While Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin are on their tandem investment visit to the Indo-Pacific, a third Biden administration official, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, was touting the region as an epicenter... Read More

Governors Push Bipartisan Plan to Speed Project Permitting
Infrastructure
Governors Push Bipartisan Plan to Speed Project Permitting
2023-05-22 19:09:00
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Hoping to speed the development of energy and infrastructure projects, members of the National Governors Association are touting a bipartisan plan they say will dramatically streamline the permitting process while maintaining the integrity of reviews. In a joint... Read More

$2.5B in EV, Alt Fuel Infrastructure Funding 
Transportation
$2.5B in EV, Alt Fuel Infrastructure Funding 
2023-03-20 20:43:24
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The White House and Dept. of Transportation have opened applications for the first round of an eventual $2.5 billion in funding to ensure the creation of new electric vehicle and alternative fueling infrastructure throughout the United States. Eligible... Read More

Biden Travels to Philadelphia Bearing $500M for Water Upgrades
Infrastructure
Biden Travels to Philadelphia Bearing $500M for Water Upgrades
2023-02-03 15:53:32
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Friday afternoon to announce $500 million has been allocated to the city's water upgrades and lead pipe removal. According to senior White House officials, about $160 million of that total... Read More

Landrieu Evangelizes, Issues Call to Action on Infrastructure at NewDEAL Meeting
Infrastructure
Landrieu Evangelizes, Issues Call to Action on Infrastructure at NewDEAL Meeting
2022-12-05 20:09:50
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Mitch Landrieu could hardly contain himself as he waited to address the NewDEAL Leaders 12th annual conference last Friday. Bouncing on his heels, the senior advisor to President Joe Biden and the man responsible for implementing the sweeping... Read More

Senate Tries to Smooth Out Snags in $1.2T Infrastructure Law
Infrastructure
Senate Tries to Smooth Out Snags in $1.2T Infrastructure Law
2022-11-30 20:58:45
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — A Senate committee tried to tweak the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law Wednesday to make sure the government is getting a good deal with its record investment to boost the economy. The five-year program won wide approval during... Read More

Recycled Toner Finds Second Life in Asphalt Mix on Local Roadways
In The States
Recycled Toner Finds Second Life in Asphalt Mix on Local Roadways
2022-09-06 15:56:36
by Kate Michael

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Customers who recycle their Canon toner cartridges are contributing to a better earth and could also be providing a better driving experience as a result of a new program to turn waste toner into asphalt for... Read More

Administration Directs $2.2B to Help Urban and Rural Communities Upgrade Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Administration Directs $2.2B to Help Urban and Rural Communities Upgrade Infrastructure
2022-08-11 17:20:56
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced this morning that it is directing $2.2 billion in grant money to urban and rural communities to help foster their efforts to modernize roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports and intermodal infrastructure. The money is... Read More

Updating Broadband Speeds Could Help ‘Future-Proof’ Investment
Broadband
Updating Broadband Speeds Could Help ‘Future-Proof’ Investment
2022-07-19 23:05:07
by Madeline Hughes

WASHINGTON — The proposal to change the Federal Communications Commission’s definition of broadband speeds by Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel last week could help “future-proof” the country’s once-in-a-generation opportunity to build broadband infrastructure, said Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of the Rural Broadband Association.... Read More

‘DAC Day’ Pushes for Sustainable Business Models in New Carbon Removal Industry
Climate
‘DAC Day’ Pushes for Sustainable Business Models in New Carbon Removal Industry
2022-06-24 21:37:11
by Kate Michael

WASHINGTON — The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provided funding not only for roads, bridges, and efforts to curb future pollution, but the bill also made money available for lesser-known innovative technology projects that speak to the harm humans... Read More

Bipartisan Bill Proposed for Oversight on Broadband Funds
Broadband
Bipartisan Bill Proposed for Oversight on Broadband Funds
2022-05-04 23:19:39
by Madeline Hughes

WASHINGTON — There’s new proposed legislation to ensure the billions of infrastructure dollars flowing throughout the country to develop broadband internet actually create sustainable infrastructure. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., introduced the bill Tuesday, legislation that... Read More

Biden to Require US-Made Steel, Iron for Infrastructure
Manufacturing
Biden to Require US-Made Steel, Iron for Infrastructure

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking a key step toward ensuring that federal dollars will support U.S. manufacturing — issuing requirements for how projects funded by the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package source their construction material. The guidance being issued... Read More

Playbook Aims to Give States Leg Up on Broadband Infrastructure Funding
Broadband
Playbook Aims to Give States Leg Up on Broadband Infrastructure Funding
2022-03-10 21:03:57
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, unabashedly calls it “the broadband moment.” Thanks to the availability of once-in-a-generation scale funding and an administration committed to extending high speed internet into every underserved community it can, the... Read More

Speakers Hail Centrists, Willingness to Compromise at Infrastructure Bill Signing
White House
Speakers Hail Centrists, Willingness to Compromise at Infrastructure Bill Signing
2021-11-16 22:07:06
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — It wasn’t the best afternoon for holding a bill-signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House. As the hour approached, the temperature plummeted and at times the wind sweeping across the wide lawn gusted to 35... Read More

Former New Orleans Mayor Landrieu Named White House Infrastructure Chief
White House
Former New Orleans Mayor Landrieu Named White House Infrastructure Chief
2021-11-15 15:52:24
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has tapped former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to be his senior White House advisor for turning the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill into a shovels-in-the-ground reality. The president announced Landrieu’s selection on Sunday, a full 24... Read More

Democrats Sell Infrastructure Bill, Push for Biden Backup
Infrastructure
Democrats Sell Infrastructure Bill, Push for Biden Backup

STILWELL, Kan. (AP) — Traffic whizzing behind her, Rep. Sharice Davids gathered reporters at a transportation facility along U.S. 69 in eastern Kansas this week to celebrate the surge of federal money headed in her state's direction. The massive infrastructure package... Read More

President to Sign Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill on Monday in White House Ceremony
White House
President to Sign Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill on Monday in White House Ceremony
2021-11-10 21:32:36
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host a bipartisan bill signing ceremony for the newly passed $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Monday, the White House has announced. The president will be joined by the members of Congress from both sides... Read More

White House Rolls Out Multibillion-Dollar Plan to Fix Aging Ports, Ease Bottlenecks
Infrastructure
White House Rolls Out Multibillion-Dollar Plan to Fix Aging Ports, Ease Bottlenecks
2021-11-09 22:34:24
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON  — The White House outlined an ambitious multibillion dollar plan on Tuesday to dramatically upgrade the nation’s aging ports and relieve the bottlenecks that have plagued the nation’s critical supply chains since early summer. The actions announced during a... Read More

Biden Rejoices After House Achieves ‘Monumental’ Breakthrough on Infrastructure
White House
Biden Rejoices After House Achieves ‘Monumental’ Breakthrough on Infrastructure
2021-11-06 20:48:45
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — If there’s ever been a broader smile on the face of a president than President Joe Biden wore Saturday morning in the State Dining Room of the White House, history was not on hand to record it. Beaming... Read More

Biden’s Big Bill on Brink of House Votes, But Fights Remain
In The News
Biden's Big Bill on Brink of House Votes, But Fights Remain

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in the House appear on the verge of advancing President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion-and-growing domestic policy package alongside a companion $1 trillion infrastructure bill in what would be a dramatic political accomplishment — if they can push it... Read More

Troubles at Home Shadow Biden’s Climate Efforts Abroad
Political News
Troubles at Home Shadow Biden's Climate Efforts Abroad

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — President Joe Biden joined other world leaders Tuesday to highlight the importance of preserving forests as a force against global warming, whipping up ambitions at a U.N. climate summit abroad even as a coal-state U.S. senator... Read More

Biden Heads to Capitol to Push Agenda, Unite Democrats
Political News
Biden Heads to Capitol to Push Agenda, Unite Democrats

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden headed to Capitol Hill early Thursday to make the case to House Democrats for a dramatically scaled-back domestic policy package, $1.75 trillion of social services and climate change programs the White House believes can... Read More

State Dept. Unveils Partnership to Combat Infrastructure Investment Corruption
International
State Dept. Unveils Partnership to Combat Infrastructure Investment Corruption
2021-10-05 19:38:57
by Victoria Turner

The U.S. Department of State has partnered with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development with the goal of reducing the risk of corruption in infrastructure investment by bolstering the ability of stakeholders to implement anti-corruption systems across economies.  The... Read More

‘Everybody is Frustrated,’ Biden Says as His Agenda Stalls
Political News
'Everybody is Frustrated,' Biden Says as His Agenda Stalls

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday acknowledged frustrations as Democrats strain to rescue a scaled-back version  of his $3.5 trillion government-overhaul plan and salvage a related public works bill after frantic negotiations failed to produce a deal.  "Everybody... Read More

Progressive Resistance Delays Vote on Infrastructure Bill
Political News
Progressive Resistance Delays Vote on Infrastructure Bill
2021-10-01 15:13:15
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON -- You can almost hear it all across Capitol Hill: “It’s likely to be a long, long day.” On Thursday night, finding themselves short of votes and with the continued resistance of the progressive wing of the party on... Read More

Ribbon Cut on District’s Biggest Modern Infrastructure Project
Infrastructure
Ribbon Cut on District’s Biggest Modern Infrastructure Project
2021-09-07 16:44:38
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton were among the dignitaries who joined descendants of civil rights icon Frederick Douglass for the opening of the new bridge named in... Read More

What the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will Deliver for Idaho
In The States
What the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will Deliver for Idaho
2021-08-30 19:55:58
by Reece Nations

BOISE, Idaho — As the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act still awaits final approval, its much-needed benefits at the state-level are coming to light. For Idahoans, the bill’s passage entails investments in roads and bridges, water lines and pipes,... Read More

House Leaders to Make Second Try at Budget Vote Tuesday
Political News
House Leaders to Make Second Try at Budget Vote Tuesday
2021-08-24 13:08:18
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON -- The House will reconvene at noon Tuesday to take a second stab at ending a stalemate with 10 centrist members over a $3.5 trillion budget framework.  Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., and the other holdouts don’t necessarily oppose the... Read More

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