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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.

With support from Congress, critical freight routes and structurally deficient bridges would be repaired and modernized under the Trump administration’s $1 trillion, 10-year infrastructure funding plan, the president and his lead transportation adviser argued last week.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on June 9 announced two proposed rules, one that would allow states to issue a commercial learner permit for up to one year, and the other a waiver that would help ease the transition for members of the military to become commercial truck and bus drivers.

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.

The “new council” that President Donald Trump announced on June 9 to streamline regulatory reviews for infrastructure projects isn’t actually new.

Guidance for holding companies responsible as joint employers for labor violations by their contractors was rescinded, the Department of Labor announced the week of June 5.

With two suspected armed robbers barreling down Highway 101 into Sonoma County as the afternoon commute got underway, a hastily assembled law enforcement group had few options and little time. They came up with an unusual plan: create a roadblock with traffic in southern Healdsburg.

Barring something catastrophic, Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) says the House will definitely produce an infrastructure bill this year, and while everything's on the table, he tells TT's Eugene Mulero "it will be hard to pass a gas tax in this Congress."

In a special Reporter Roundtable edition of LiveOnWeb, TT Congressional Reporter Eugene Mulero will look back at Infrastructure Week with the help of 3 Capitol Hill watchers: Jacob Fischler of CQ Roll Call, Kathryn Wolfe of Politico Pro and Melanie Zanona of The Hill.

Marcia Hale, president at Building America's Future, tells Eugene Mulero about her reaction to DOT Secretary Elaine Chao's kickoff event remarks, and what she's watching for during Infrastructure Week.