Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu July 25, 2024
Fed Funding to Increase U.S. Battery Production
In July, the Biden administration announced it would fund $1.7 billion for electric vehicle component production at 11 manufacturing plants across the country. In doing so, the fed made progress toward both ending the nation's dependence on China for batteries and meeting its 2030 goal of making 50 percent of all new U.S....
SDOT - Tue July 23, 2024
Seattle Mayor Signs Legislation for Transportation Levy
On July 10, 2024, Mayor Bruce Harrell signed into law the legislation that will place the Transportation Levy on Seattle voters' ballots in November 2024. The legislation was unanimously approved by the City Council on July 9....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu July 11, 2024
IIJA Report Card Reveals Mixed Grades
Two and a half years after the signing of the Infrastructure and Jobs Act, the grading for results is mixed. Some say the bipartisan IIJA will advance the nation's infrastructure industry for decades to come....
American Loggers Council - Wed June 12, 2024
Bipartisan Legislation to Support Loggers Harmed by Natural Disasters Introduced
Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the bicameral, bipartisan Loggers Economic Assistance and Relief Act, which would establish a new U.S. Department of Agriculture program to support loggers who have lost income due to natural disasters....
CEG - Thu May 09, 2024
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Evette Visits Mauldin, Champions Trade Jobs
Calder Brothers Corp. welcomed South Carolina's Lt. Gov. Pamela S. Evette April 16, 2024, to its Mauldin Paving Products factory in Taylors, S.C., to speak about manufacturing career opportunities available locally at the Bonds Career Center high school in the nearby town of Greer....
ARTBA - Tue April 02, 2024
ARTBA CEO Dave Bauer's Statement On Courts Overturning Federal Greenhouse Gas Performance Standard
Federal Courts in both Texas and Kentucky have now ruled that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) lacks the statutory authority to impose a Biden administration greenhouse gas (GHG) performance mandate on state transportation departments....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu March 21, 2024
Proposed Budget Boosts IIJA Transportation Construction Programs
Citing its vision to protect and build on the progress made over the past three years, the Biden administration released its proposed budget for the 2025 fiscal year. With almost $79 billion earmarked for highway, safety and transit programs, the budget also adds $9.5 billion to support the resilience, safety and sustainability of the nation's transportation network via the bipartisan infrastructure law....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu March 07, 2024
Industry Calls FHWA's Arbitrary Emissions Performance Mandate an Overreach
The construction industry has declared its support of 22 states challenging the FHWA's greenhouse gas (GHG) performance rules, which went into effect this past December. The AGC and ARTBA believe the federal agency lacks the authority to impose performance measures and that FHWA has underestimated the administrative costs resulting from the mandate....
Associated Builders and Contractors - Thu February 22, 2024
ABC: Government-Registered Apprenticeship Programs Not Keeping Up With Construction Industry Needs
At current rates of participation and completion, federal and state government-registered apprenticeship programs will fail to meet the construction industry's short- and long-term skilled workforce needs, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of recently released U.S....
ARTBA - Wed February 21, 2024
Construction Associations Back State Challenge to Federal Rule
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) jointly filed amicus briefs in support of 22 states challenging the Biden Administration's new Greenhouse gas performance measure for state transportation departments....
