While legislative leaders and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu continue to try and resolve a two-year state budget, bipartisan consensus has been reached on making significant improvements to the state鈥檚 ailing infrastructure.
June 12, 2017Government
Trump Repackages Obama Council as `New' in Infrastructure Plan
The 鈥渘ew council鈥 that President Donald Trump announced on June 9 to streamline regulatory reviews for infrastructure projects isn鈥檛 actually new.
June 9, 2017Government
Trump Touts Regulatory Reforms in Infrastructure Plan
The environmental review process for construction projects would be streamlined under a long-term infrastructure proposal President Trump touted at the U.S. Department of Transportation on June 9.
June 9, 2017Government
Infrastructure Boost Fades in US Economic-Growth Forecasts
President Donald Trump is stepping up the fanfare around his $1 trillion infrastructure proposal, but the plan is fast becoming a nonfactor in forecasts for U.S. economic growth.
June 9, 2017Government
Senators Push Back on Trump鈥檚 Call for Selling Energy Assets
President Donald Trump鈥檚 proposal to sell energy facilities as a way to partially back a long-term infrastructure funding plan has been met with bipartisan opposition on Capitol Hill.
June 8, 2017Government
US No Longer Can Accept Crumbling Infrastructure, Trump Says
Americans no longer聽can live with crumbling locks, dams, roads and bridges, President Donald Trump said聽June 8, and he聽outlined a plan to leverage $1 trillion in investment in U.S. infrastructure.
June 8, 2017Government
Trump's Actual Infrastructure Plan to Be Unveiled Before Autumn, Secretary Chao Says
WASHINGTON 鈥 Legislation that would reflect President Donald Trump鈥檚 vision for repairing and modernizing the country鈥檚 transportation network will likely be unveiled sometime between July and September, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said June 7.
June 7, 2017Government
Trump to Outline Infrastructure Plan That Includes Rural Funding
President Donald Trump will outline his vision on June 7 for an infrastructure plan that includes federal grants to rural areas as well as to states and localities to create additional funding for projects, according to a preview of the speech provided by the White House.
June 7, 2017Government
Is Trump's Private-Investment Push Enough to Fix Infrastructure?
WASHINGTON 鈥 President Donald Trump's trip to Cincinnati on June 7 to highlight the nation's infrastructure needs echoes President Barack Obama's 2011 visit to the city's Brent Spence Bridge.
June 7, 2017Goldman Sachs CEO Calls for Bigger US Infrastructure Push
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.,聽urged the United States to spend more on infrastructure to keep from falling further behind other industrialized nations, joining similar calls from JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon.
June 6, 2017