The company will build a 435,000-square-foot facility in Orangeburg County to launch next-generation synthetic graphite production operations.

“Tax deadlines should be the last thing that families impacted by these natural disasters are worried about,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said.

The goal is for the state to use technology to lower weather-related vehicle crashes in West Virginia by warning drivers with real-time alerts about dangerous roadway conditions.

FHWA issued a $10 million emergency relief grant to Virginia on Oct. 18 to immediately pay for road repairs, especially a key freight corridor, damaged by Hurricane Helene.

The exemptions are designed to facilitate aid delivery to Southern states still recovering from hurricanes Milton and Helene.

Iowa is incentivizing biodiesel production with $1.85 million in new biofuel grants announced by state Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig to support rural jobs.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded SeaPort Manatee a $9.5 million grant to help repair berths and infrastructure after the port sustained $225 million in damages from Hurricane Milton.

Two logistics projects and six proposed business development sites will receive state funds from a $2.5 million package of 21 grants that Virginia recently awarded.

The proclamation enables vehicles transporting corn, hay, silage, soybeans, stover and straw to be overweight without a permit.

Three Alabama trucking companies responded to a call from agriculture commissioners in that state and Texas to deliver loads of hay to ranchers whose livestock were facing starvation.