Government

Fri April 17, 2015

Caltrans Approves $325.8M for Transportation Improvements

The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $325.8 million to 142 transportation projects that will alleviate traffic delays, repair aging roads and bridges and encourage bicycling and walking....

Derrick Nunnally - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu April 16, 2015

Washington State Senators Propose $3.9B State Construction Budget

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) A bipartisan group of state senators rolled out a construction budget April 8 that calls for $3.9 billion in capital spending over the next two years. The proposal is more than $100 million larger than the capital budget bill passed by the House....

Jeffrey Collins - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed April 15, 2015

SCDOT Reform Stalls; Road, Bridge Funds in Jeopardy

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) A plan to change how the state Department of Transportation operates is stalled in the South Carolina Senate and could derail the entire proposal to get more money to roads and bridges....

Seanna Adcox - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue April 14, 2015

S.C. Senators Move Bill That Raises $800M for Roads

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) The Senate Finance Committee advanced a bill March 25 that raises roughly $800 million yearly for road and bridge work, a day after Gov. Nikki Haley pledged to veto it. A 16-7 vote sent to the Senate floor a bill that increases the state’s gas tax by 12 cents over three years — to 28 cents per gallon on July 1, 2017 — and allows it to increase further with inflation starting in 2018....

Jeff Amy - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue April 14, 2015

Miss. Bill Would Use Casino Taxes for Deficient Bridges

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Mississippi lawmakers met March 29 and neared final approval of House Bill 1630, which would use $36 million a year in casino taxes mainly to rebuild deficient bridges on state highways....

Tue April 14, 2015

Contractors to Rally Against Repeal of Construction Wage Law

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana contractors plan to rally against a bill that would repeal the state’s law that sets wages for public construction projects. Monday’s rally at the Statehouse falls on the same day that Senate members are expected to vote on the measure, which would eliminate the boards that set wages for state or local building projects which cost more than $350,000....

Alanna Durkin - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed April 08, 2015

Maine Feels Crunch as Fed Highway Funds Diminish

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Maine is among dozens of states that are feeling the crunch as federal highway funding diminishes, hindering its ability to keep up with much-needed infrastructure upgrades and improvements....

ROD McGUIRK - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed April 01, 2015

US Admiral Says China ’Creating a Great Wall of Sand’ in Sea

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - China is “creating a great wall of sand” through land reclamation in the South China Sea, causing serious concerns about its territorial intentions, the commander of the U.S....