Trump Repackages Obama Council as `New' in Infrastructure Plan
The “new council” that President Donald Trump announced on June 9 to streamline regulatory reviews for infrastructure projects isn’t actually new.
June 9, 2017Trump Touts Regulatory Reforms in Infrastructure Plan
The environmental review process for construction projects would be streamlined under a long-term infrastructure proposal President Trump touted at the U.S. Department of Transportation on June 9.
June 9, 2017Infrastructure Boost Fades in US Economic-Growth Forecasts
President Donald Trump is stepping up the fanfare around his $1 trillion infrastructure proposal, but the plan is fast becoming a nonfactor in forecasts for U.S. economic growth.
June 9, 2017Senators Push Back on Trump’s Call for Selling Energy Assets
President Donald Trump’s proposal to sell energy facilities as a way to partially back a long-term infrastructure funding plan has been met with bipartisan opposition on Capitol Hill.
June 8, 2017US No Longer Can Accept Crumbling Infrastructure, Trump Says
Americans no longer can live with crumbling locks, dams, roads and bridges, President Donald Trump said June 8, and he outlined a plan to leverage $1 trillion in investment in U.S. infrastructure.
June 8, 2017Trump's Actual Infrastructure Plan to Be Unveiled Before Autumn, Secretary Chao Says
WASHINGTON — Legislation that would reflect President Donald Trump’s vision for repairing and modernizing the country’s transportation network will likely be unveiled sometime between July and September, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said June 7.
June 7, 2017Trump to Outline Infrastructure Plan That Includes Rural Funding
President Donald Trump will outline his vision on June 7 for an infrastructure plan that includes federal grants to rural areas as well as to states and localities to create additional funding for projects, according to a preview of the speech provided by the White House.
June 7, 2017Is Trump's Private-Investment Push Enough to Fix Infrastructure?
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's trip to Cincinnati on June 7 to highlight the nation's infrastructure needs echoes President Barack Obama's 2011 visit to the city's Brent Spence Bridge.
June 7, 2017Goldman Sachs CEO Calls for Bigger US Infrastructure Push
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., urged the United States to spend more on infrastructure to keep from falling further behind other industrialized nations, joining similar calls from JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon.
June 6, 2017Rest of the World Already Builds Infrastructure the Way Trump Envisions
Tapping private money to rebuild America’s decrepit infrastructure, the linchpin of President Donald Trump’s $1 trillion vision, would be a no-brainer in large parts of the world.
June 6, 2017