Fri September 18, 2015
Mauna Kea Telescope Protesters Say Stone Altar Was Destroyed
HONOLULU (AP) - People protesting the construction of a giant telescope on a Hawaiian mountain they hold sacred are decrying the destruction of a stone altar they built near the construction site. The altar known as an ahu (AH’-hoo) was built June 24, the day hundreds of protesters prevented construction crews from reaching the telescope site on Mauna Kea (mow-NAH’ kay-AH’)....
Julie Carr Smyth - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sun September 13, 2015
Panel Weighs Changes to Ohio’s Alternative Energy Targets
COLUMBUS (AP) With months of public testimony concluded, a committee studying the future of Ohio’s alternative-energy targets is weighing what changes to recommend to the law. Chairman Troy Balderson said the Energy Mandates Study Committee, which has been meeting since February, says one thing’s for sure: a complete repeal is out....
Sun September 13, 2015
Judge Tosses Most of Challenge to Use of Ohio Turnpike Money
CLEVELAND (AP) Most of the claims in a lawsuit challenging Ohio’s 2013 decision to use $930 million in Ohio Turnpike tolls to fund non-turnpike highway and construction projects have been thrown out by a federal judge....
Fri September 11, 2015
Department of Transportation Sues IT Firm Over Contract
HONOLULU (AP) - The Hawaii Department of Transportation has filed a lawsuit seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages from an information technology consulting company that was overseeing a new computer system for the state Highways Division that never worked....
Thu September 10, 2015
Injured Marine Caught in the Middle of Home Builders Fight
POLSON, Mont. (AP) - A Montana construction company has filed a lawsuit that seeks to have a home built for a disabled Marine sold at a sheriff’s auction to pay what the company says it is owed for work on the project....
Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed September 09, 2015
Congress Faces Hefty To-Do List
WASHINGTON (AP) Congress returned on Sept. 8 with a critical need for a characteristic rarely evident through a contentious spring and summer — cooperation between Republicans and President Barack Obama....
Wed September 09, 2015
State Recovers $6.1M in Wages Owed to Construction Workers
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says the state Labor Department has recovered more than $6.1 million in wages due to workers in the state during the fiscal year ending June 30. Malloy said in a statement on the eve of Labor Day the effort ”reflects the importance we place on protecting our state’s workforce, as well as law-abiding employers.’Connecticut Labor Commissioner Sharon Palmer said the money includes nearly $1.5 million recovered after more than 2,300 complaints from workers that they hadn’t been paid....
Wed September 09, 2015
County Reconsiders Net-Zero Energy Construction Goal
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Boulder County officials are recommending a slower rollout of building codes that would require all new construction in unincorporated Boulder County to be ”net zero’ for energy use by 2022 after several board members expressed concern over the costs associated with building a home that produces as much energy as it consumes....
Terry Tang - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri September 04, 2015
State Begins Removing Homes for Planned Phoenix Freeway
PHOENIX (AP) Crews knocked down the first of hundreds of Phoenix homes slated for demolition Aug. 27, marking the beginning of a long-planned freeway development. A bulldozer hired by the Arizona Department of Transportation tore through a vacant house in the suburb of Ahwatukee, reducing the single-family home with a Spanish tiled roof to a pile of brown and white rubble....
Thu September 03, 2015
Voters Green Light Prop 104 in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) Phoenix’s mayor says a transportation plan that will include a sales tax increase has triumphed at the polls. Mayor Greg Stanton, who was running for re-election, claimed victory for Proposition 104 after early results from Aug....
