Fri May 13, 2016
Gov. Mead Hails Carbon-Conversion Lab Possibilities
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) Gov. Matt Mead and others are hailing the possibilities of an industrial-scale laboratory where researchers will test new technologies to make profitable use of carbon dioxide emissions from a coal-fired power plant....
BobCaina Calvan - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri May 13, 2016
Montana Invites PayPal After Firm Spurns North Carolina
HELENA, Mont. (AP) Montana officials sought to capitalize on North Carolina's loss and announced that they would be courting PayPal to open an operations center. In a letter, Gov. Steve Bullock and U.S....
Juliet Williams - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri May 13, 2016
High-Speed Rail Board Approves Revised California Plan
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (AP) The board that oversees California's high-speed rail project approved a revised $64 billion plan that calls for the train to go from the Central Valley to the San Jose area before it heads to Southern California, acknowledging the political reality that federal and private financing has fallen far short of what backers had hoped....
Michelle Rindels - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu May 12, 2016
Vegas May Win Big If It Builds Venue for Raiders
LAS VEGAS (AP) Raiders owner Mark Davis pledged this week to relocate his NFL team from Oakland to Las Vegas if a proposed $1.4 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium is built. Here are some hurdles the proposal would have to clear before becoming reality....
Seanna Adcox - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed May 11, 2016
S.C. Wants $2B for Roads
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Senators said April 19 they like the idea of raising more than $2 billion for one-time spending on road construction projects, but they disagreed over how the money would be spent. Bills discussed by the Senate Finance Committee would send $200 million to the State Infrastructure Bank, for borrowing an estimated $2.2 billion....
Jeff Amy - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue May 10, 2016
Road Money Lobbying Heats Up, Outcome Unclear
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Fights in the Mississippi Senate over a transportation spending bill that doesn't actually do anything yet indicates how intensely people are lobbying for and against more money for roads and bridges....
Tue May 10, 2016
Treasury Dept. Rejects Plan to Cut Teamster Pension Benefits
The New York Times is reporting that the Treasury Department on Friday rejected a plan to cut benefits for 270,000 union drivers and retirees who belong to a deeply troubled Teamster pension fund, a decision that could thwart the intentions of other large, financially struggling pension funds....
Melissa Hellmann - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu May 05, 2016
Delaying Highway Projects Have Some in Kansas Worried
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Congested or treacherous roads could become more so under the Kansas Department of Transportation's recent announcement that 25 large, already-scheduled highway projects will be delayed for over the next two years....
Wed May 04, 2016
Mayor Announces Agreement for Burlington Mall Makeover
Miro Weinberger, Mayor of Burlington, Vt., announced and released the draft predevelopment agreement between the city of Burlington and the mall property owner, Don Sinex's BTC Mall Associates LLC, for the redevelopment of the Burlington Town Center mall....
Chuck Harvey - Wed May 04, 2016
RhodeWorks: Rebuild Infrastructure While Stimulating Economic Growth
Rhode Island is taking a multiple strategy approach to rebuilding its aging highway infrastructure while stimulating the job market and growing the economy. The state has created RhodeWorks that would use tolls on large commercial trucks and bond sales to finance major highway and bridge projects....
