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Guidebook Aims to Help Communities Tap Infrastructure Funds

The White House released a guidebook meant to assist state transportation agencies with navigating the provisions of a $1 trillion law enacted in November.

January 31, 2022

What Does a Poor Bridge Rating Mean?

A 50-year-old bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh had been rated as poor on a recent inspection report, but transportation officials and engineering experts cautioned that doesn’t necessarily signal imminent danger for the thousands of other U.S. bridges with the same designation.

January 31, 2022

Earthstone to Buy Permian Oil Producer Bighorn for $860 Million

Earthstone Energy Inc. agreed to buy closely held oil and gas producer Bighorn Permian Resources for $860 million.

January 31, 2022

Ohio Lured Intel’s Chip Plant With $2B in Incentives

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio offered Intel Corp. incentives worth roughly $2 billion to secure a new $20 billion chipmaking factory that the company says will help alleviate a global shortage and create a new technology hub in the Midwest.

January 28, 2022

Biden Visits Collapsed Bridge, Touts Infrastructure Needs

PITTSBURGH — Arriving just hours after a serious bridge collapse, President Joe Biden stared into the cratered muddy earth where the aging span fell early Jan. 28, striking evidence supporting the $1 trillion infrastructure law he already had planned to tout on his trip here.

January 28, 2022

‘Tens of Millions’ of COVID Tests Are in the Mail

About 60 million households in the U.S. have ordered at-home COVID-19 tests from the federal government and “tens of millions” of tests have been shipped out by the U.S. Postal Service, according to White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre.

January 28, 2022

Bridge Collapses in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — A 50-year-old bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Jan. 28, requiring rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet and form a human chain to reach occupants of a bus that had plummeted with the span into a park ravine.

January 28, 2022

Mack Trucks, Military Team Up to Create Combat-Ready Dump Truck

Mack Trucks Inc. is manufacturing a four-axle, heavy-duty dump truck for the U.S. Army that is offered with either a standard cab with a special, poison gas-resistant coating or a heavily armored cab.

January 28, 2022

DOT Announces Strategy to Address Increases in Roadway Deaths

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Jan. 27 released a multibillion-dollar plan that calls for actions to address what it called “a national crisis in roadway fatalities and serious injuries.”

January 27, 2022

Government Funding Bill Tops House Democrats’ Agenda

Legislation that would ensure funding for federal agencies for the remainder of the fiscal year is an urgent priority for congressional Democratic leaders, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

January 27, 2022