Associated Press - Wed April 05, 2023
Government Announces $29M Investment in Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) The federal government is spending more money on improvements at Dallas-Fort Worth International and other airports that officials said will increase safety by reducing the number of times that planes on the ground must taxi across active runways....
Scott Bauer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue March 14, 2023
Gov. Evers Proposes $3.8B Budget for Wisconsin Projects
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Tony Evers on Feb. 28 proposed spending $3.8 billion on building projects in 28 counties around the state, with nearly half directed toward work across the University of Wisconsin System....
Gov. Abbott - Tue February 21, 2023
Gov. Abbott Appoints Border Czar to Oversee Construction
Gov. Greg Abbott recently announced the new position of Texas Border Czar to oversee border construction and security at a press conference on a Texas border wall construction site in San Benito. Mike Banks has been hired as special advisor on Border Matters to the Governor and will serve as the State of Texas' first-ever Border Czar....
Thunder Creek Equipment - Tue February 14, 2023
USDA Officials Tour Iowa's Thunder Creek Equipment
Thunder Creek Equipment and its parent company LDJ Manufacturing Inc. hosted officials from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) at its newly expanded manufacturing plant in Pella, Iowa, on Feb....
Summer Ballentine and David A. Lieb ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed February 01, 2023
Missouri's Gov. Parson Calls for $860M to Widen I-70
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson called on state lawmakers to set aside nearly $860 million to widen and improve traffic flow on Interstate 70 in his annual State of the State address Jan....
Mattracks - Wed February 01, 2023
Klobuchar Visits Mattracks, Discusses Workforce, Innovation
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D – Minn., made a stop at Mattracks — a Karlstad, Minn., based manufacturer of track conversion systems, on Jan. 11 to discuss the progress and current challenges facing industry leaders in the northwest corner of the state....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu January 26, 2023
No Quick-Fix for 'Fix-It-First' Policy
The transportation construction industry is squaring off against the FHWA in a two-year battle to get states to fix existing highways rather than expand the nation's road system with new ones. Framed as a "simple internal guidance document" in 2021, the "fix-it-first" memo has resulted in threats to challenge the rule in Congress....
ABC Pennsylvania - Wed January 25, 2023
ABC Pennsylvania Praises Gov. Shapiro for Removing Barriers to Entry
ABC Pennsylvania praised newly elected Gov. Josh Shapiro for making the commitment to remove barriers to entry for employment, creating opportunity and prosperity for all businesses and employees in Pennsylvania....
ARTBA - Mon January 23, 2023
ARTBA: Proposed Expanded EPA Authority Over Roadside Ditches Endangers Goals of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and its coalition allies Jan. 18 sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in federal court over the agency's recent proposal that expands federal jurisdiction over roadside ditches....
ARTBA - Tue January 03, 2023
Latest 'Waters of the United States' Proposal Threatens to Undermine Progress Goals of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Dec. 30 rule expanding Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction over roadside ditches will slow delivery of transportation projects and threatens to nullify the benefits of the 2021 federal infrastructure law, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)....
