ARTBA - Wed January 29, 2025
ARTBA CEO Dave Bauer's Statement as Senate Confirms Sean Duffy to Lead U.S. DOT
American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President and CEO Dave Bauer has issued the following statement:"Sean Duffy's decisive confirmation as secretary is a testament that bipartisanship remains key to advancing meaningful transportation policy....
AED - Thu January 09, 2025
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to Speak at AED Summit
AED announced that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will speak to AED members during the General Session at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16. In 2018, DeSantis was elected the 46th Governor of Florida. As Governor, he has led across a wide range of issues by successfully navigating Florida through the COVID pandemic, protecting Floridians from the harmful impacts of illegal immigration, expanding school choice, promoting public safety (with a record 50-year crime low in the state), keeping Florida's economy strong, ensuring road improvement projects are fully funded and ahead of schedule, and making historic investments in environmental conservation and stewardship....
HES Equipment - Wed November 20, 2024
VIDEO: HES Equipment Hosts Rally for Vice President-Elect JD Vance
HES Equipment held a rally Oct. 29, 2024, for Vice President-elect (then Vice Presidential nominee) JD Vance at its facility at 4203 Blue Star Hwy. in Holland, Mich. According to the company, it was the biggest rally held for Vance with more than 2,000 people inside the building, while another 1,000 were waiting outside....
AED - Wed October 16, 2024
AED Outlines Tax Policy Priorities to Ways & Means Committee
On Oct. 15, Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) submitted its priorities to the House Ways & Means Committee's Republican Tax Teams that are charged with studying key tax provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and preparing for next Congress' expected reform debate....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu July 25, 2024
Fed Funding to Increase U.S. Battery Production
In July, the Biden administration announced it would fund $1.7 billion for electric vehicle component production at 11 manufacturing plants across the country. In doing so, the fed made progress toward both ending the nation's dependence on China for batteries and meeting its 2030 goal of making 50 percent of all new U.S....
SDOT - Tue July 23, 2024
Seattle Mayor Signs Legislation for Transportation Levy
On July 10, 2024, Mayor Bruce Harrell signed into law the legislation that will place the Transportation Levy on Seattle voters' ballots in November 2024. The legislation was unanimously approved by the City Council on July 9....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu July 11, 2024
IIJA Report Card Reveals Mixed Grades
Two and a half years after the signing of the Infrastructure and Jobs Act, the grading for results is mixed. Some say the bipartisan IIJA will advance the nation's infrastructure industry for decades to come....
American Loggers Council - Wed June 12, 2024
Bipartisan Legislation to Support Loggers Harmed by Natural Disasters Introduced
Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the bicameral, bipartisan Loggers Economic Assistance and Relief Act, which would establish a new U.S. Department of Agriculture program to support loggers who have lost income due to natural disasters....
CEG - Thu May 09, 2024
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Evette Visits Mauldin, Champions Trade Jobs
Calder Brothers Corp. welcomed South Carolina's Lt. Gov. Pamela S. Evette April 16, 2024, to its Mauldin Paving Products factory in Taylors, S.C., to speak about manufacturing career opportunities available locally at the Bonds Career Center high school in the nearby town of Greer....
ARTBA - Tue April 02, 2024
ARTBA CEO Dave Bauer's Statement On Courts Overturning Federal Greenhouse Gas Performance Standard
Federal Courts in both Texas and Kentucky have now ruled that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) lacks the statutory authority to impose a Biden administration greenhouse gas (GHG) performance mandate on state transportation departments....
