Tag: infrastructure
20 states sue Trump administration for ending FEMA disaster mitigation program
Democratic-led states say canceling the BRIC program violates federal law and endangers communities preparing for floods, fires, and other climate disasters.
The GOP’s Dirty Dozen: 12 ways Republicans use the federal government...
Anyone who votes for the Republican ticket out of general frustration or because they thrill to Trump's on-stage antics or mistrust people who seem different from themselves, should reflect on how a Republican victory will affect what really matters to all of us.
How the infrastructure program builds climate resilience and saves lives
“The ultimate responsibility of the government is to keep people safe.”
Tragedy strikes Baltimore: Key bridge collapse sends shockwaves through the community
The catastrophic collapse followed a collision with a container ship, thrusting the city into a state of emergency and sparking a frantic search-and-rescue operation for the missing.
Biden administration announces federal investment into modernizing power grid
This go around will include $3.46 billion in funds to strengthen and modernize the electric grid.
Biden administration announces largest direct federal investment in transmission and distribution...
The announcement to dedicate $13 billion in grants to improve transmission and distribution systems will "improve energy resiliency through microgrids, local renewable energy, and energy storage.”
The biggest infrastructure project of all: Rebuilding a crumbling US government
The most important part of an infrastructure program would be to restore the principles of ethics and morality into the minds of our Congressional representatives.
Big money’s war on the Build Back Better plan
The administration’s jobs and infrastructure package is very popular, but corporate lobbyists are fighting it tooth and nail.
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No king but madness reigns
Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.
Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...
Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.
ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.