Midterms 2018: A Look at Top Republican Transportation Policymakers
With the midterm elections less than a month away, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will begin next year with a new leader. After six years as head of the transportation panel, Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) announced he would not seek re-election.
No Infrastructure Bill Yet, but Speaker Ryan Says House GOP Delivers Economic Agenda Ahead of Midterms
House Republicans have focused on a pro-growth economic agenda during President Donald Trump’s first two years in office that was not anchored on infrastructure policy, House Speaker Paul Ryan reminded voters with the November midterm elections less than a month away.
House Passes FAA Bill; Senate Action Up Next
A five-year bill that would authorize federal aviation safety and infrastructure programs set to expire passed the U.S. House on Sept. 26 by a vote of 398-23.
Jeff Denham, Sam Graves, Derek Kan to Headline Ripon Panel
Two top transportation authorizers in the U.S. House and a senior official at the U.S. Department of Transportation are scheduled to headline a discussion about the future of the country’s infrastructure at the Ripon Society on Sept. 27.
ASCE Gives California's Kern County C on Infrastructure
Kern County, California’s third largest by surface area, has earned an overall C on an infrastructure report card developed by the region’s American Society of Civil Engineers division.
AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka: Trump Inactive on Infrastructure
President Donald Trump’s inaction on a long-term infrastructure plan has been detrimental to the country’s labor force, a key national union labor leader recently said on Fox News Sunday.
Investors Keep Flocking to US Infrastructure, Even Without a Trump Plan
IFM Investors has raised almost $500 million for its first debt fund dedicated to U.S. infrastructure even as the Trump administration has yet to move ahead with its own infrastructure plan.
Senate-Passed Transportation Funding Bill Includes $1 Billion in Infrastructure Grants
Legislation that would provide $1 billion in infrastructure grants and would extend the electronic logging device waiver for livestock haulers for the next fiscal year easily passed the Senate on Aug. 1.
Opinion: Restore Nonpartisan Support for Infrastructure
Support for infrastructure historically has been a nonpartisan issue, both in the halls of Congress and in cities, towns and counties across the nation. It’s time for Congress to challenge itself to once again make infrastructure a nonpartisan issue.
Controversial $10 Million Toll Study Approved in Connecticut
Connecticut’s State Bond Commission recently approved a $10 million study to assess the feasibility of tolling on certain routes in the state.