WASHINGTON – President Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget request is likely to deny funding for U.S. Department of Transportation grants awarded to various state agencies since 2009 for infrastructure projects, the Senate’s top transportation funding leader sa…
Author: By Eugene Mulero - Staff Reporter
TIGER Infrastructure Grants on the Chopping Block, Says Sen. Collins
WASHINGTON – President Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget request is likely to deny funding for U.S. Department of Transportation grants awarded to various state agencies since 2009 for infrastructure projects, the Senate’s top transportation funding leader sa…
Capitol Agenda for the Week of March 7: Fuel Tax Pitch
The business community will tell Senate funding leaders on March 8 to raise taxes on fuel as a way to fund big-ticket infrastructure projects. Sarah Kline of the Bipartisan Policy Center explains how P3s can work even in rural communities. Here’s the w…
Mayors to Congress: Help Fund Major Infrastructure Projects
Big-ticket infrastructure projects around the country need a boost from the federal government, more than 30 mayors meeting in Washington, D.C., last week told congressional leaders and Trump administration officials.