Government

Fri July 07, 2017

Cuomo Advances Legislation to Give State Control of MTA

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo advanced legislation to give New York State majority control of the MTA and thus the responsibility and authority to address the current crisis. The legislation would add two additional state seats to the MTA board appointed by the governor and an additional vote for the chairman....

Fri July 07, 2017

Voters Have Final Say on Bond Issue for $3B in W.Va. Projects in October

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) West Virginians will vote Oct. 7 on Gov. Jim Justice's plan to issue bonds to support about $3 billion in projects to repair and rebuild state highways and bridges. Justice said he believes the referendum will pass....

Wed July 05, 2017

Layoffs Begin as State Road Construction Shuts Down

Road construction workers across the state were sent home Monday — or not called in at all — with the budget-related shutdown of approximately 900 transportation projects totaling $3.3 billion, according to one of the state's largest contractor associations....

Fri June 30, 2017

Gov. Pardons 9/11 Worker From Immigration Detention

NEW YORK (AP) _ A onetime Sept. 11 World Trade Center cleanup volunteer who faces possible deportation over a 1990 drug conviction but was pardoned by the governor was freed from immigration detention on Wednesday....

JOHN FLESHER and MICHAEL BIESECKER - Thu June 29, 2017

Trump Administration Moves to Withdraw Clean-Water Rule

WASHINGTON (AP) The Trump administration moved Tuesday to roll back an Obama administration policy that protected more than half the nation's streams from pollution but drew attacks from farmers, fossil fuel companies and property-rights groups as federal overreach....

Scott Bauer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed June 28, 2017

School, Roads Funding Leave Budget Talks at Impasse

MADISON, Wis. (AP) State budget talks hit an impasse June 5, with Republicans who control the Legislature at odds over how much to spend on K-12 schools, how to pay for roads and whether to cut property taxes as much as Gov....

Wed June 21, 2017

U.S. House to Vote on AED-Supported Perkins Act Reauthorization Bill on June 22

On June 22, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2353). H.R. 2353, which AED strongly supports, reforms, modernizes and reauthorizes the Carl D....

Wed June 21, 2017

N.Y. State Poised to Adopt 'Buy American' Policy on Steel

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York may soon require state construction projects to use American steel. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders announced a deal Tuesday that would require agencies to buy American-made iron and steel for projects like bridges, subways and new state buildings....

Wed June 21, 2017

Judge: President Won't Be Defendant in Pipeline Lawsuit

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump won't be added as a defendant in a lawsuit over the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline that he pushed to completion, a federal judge announced as one of the conditions of allowing a group of Sioux tribal members to intervene in the case....

Mon June 19, 2017

Construction Zones… McMaster Signs Law Meant to Slow Down Drivers

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Gov. Henry McMaster ceremoniously signed a law that aims to slow down drivers in highway construction zones to protect workers. The Republican governor held the ceremony at the state Department of Transportation maintenance facility in Aiken....