Lisa Rathke - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue October 20, 2015
Vt. Transportation Secretary Minter Announces She’ll Run for Governor
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) Vermont Transportation Secretary Sue Minter announced that she’s resigning and running for governor, the third Democrat to enter the race. Minter, 54, said she will formally announce her candidacy in October....
Jonathan Lemire - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon October 19, 2015
NYC, State Reach $26.1 Billion Deal on Transit Funding
NEW YORK (AP) A deal has finally been struck to fund the New York City region’s mass transit capital spending program, ensuring that vitally needed infrastructure upgrades — including repairs to damage wrought by Superstorm Sandy — will be underwritten for the next five years....
Michael Catalini - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon October 19, 2015
Debate Swirls as Proposed Gas Pipeline Inches Forward
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) It could be a year before federal regulators decide whether to greenlight a proposed 100-mi. (161 km) natural gas pipeline from northeast Pennsylvania to central New Jersey, but already the company pushing the project and opponents are geared up for a fight....
Brian Slodysko - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri October 16, 2015
Governor Announces $1B Highway Plan Amid Road Criticism
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Republican Gov. Mike Pence proposed Tuesday a $1 billion boost in state highway funding over four years amid criticism he has faced over road conditions around Indiana. Pence said he would seek legislative approval next year to dip into the state’s $2 billion reserves for up to $150 million a year in additional highway department appropriations....
Gary D. Robertson - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed October 14, 2015
Bill on Construction Borrowing, Referendum Goes to McCrory
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Voters statewide will likely decide in March whether North Carolina should borrow $2 billion for scores of government construction projects after the General Assembly gave final approval early Sept....
Fri October 09, 2015
Businessman to Plead Guilty in Tribal Corruption Case
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A Havre businessman agreed to plead guilty to bribing a tribal official and conspiring to make false claims in order to take federal stimulus money awarded to the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation....
Wayne Parry - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri October 02, 2015
Judge Lets Dune Construction Plan Proceed — For Now
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) A federal judge ruled Jan. 15 to let a beach replenishment project proceed — for now — over the objections of a Jersey shore town that does not want the sand piles. Judge Renee Marie Bumb decided that neither Margate nor the state of New Jersey will suffer irreparable harm if the U.S....
Fri October 02, 2015
Group Eyes Ways to Reduce Frack Quakes
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A group of U.S. drilling states, seismologists, academics and industry experts issued guidance Monday in a frank new report on handling human-induced earthquakes caused by hydraulic fracturing or the disposal of fracking wastewater....
CHRISTIAN WADE - Eagle Tribune - Fri October 02, 2015
Despite Law, Police Still Control Traffic at Most Worksites
BOSTON (AP) - When the state began allowing flagmen onto roadways seven years ago, Jeffrey Graham saw an opportunity to expand his regional business into a multi-million-dollar market that until then was dominated by police details....
Wed September 30, 2015
Texas Reviews Water Grid
EL PASO, Texas (AP) A proposal to study the possibility of a statewide network that would pump water across vast Texas should be sidetracked until more immediate attempts at water conservation are examined, a top official in Texas’ largest environmental group said....
