Biden administration sends states $570 million to fix dangerous rail crossings
The federal funding for railroad repairs will come from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
By Oliver Willis - June 07, 2023The federal funding for railroad repairs will come from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
By Oliver Willis - June 07, 2023253,000 jobs were added across the country in April 2023.
By Oliver Willis - May 05, 2023The House GOP caucus has refused to offer a bill to raise the debt ceiling without demands for budget cuts.
By Josh Israel - April 27, 2023Wisconsin will receive $250 million, funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, over five years to replace lead service lines.
By Oliver Willis - March 06, 2023The Biden administration sent low-income families billions of dollars in funding to help them pay electric and heating bills.
By Oliver Willis - February 24, 2023Landmark legislation enacted during the first two years of President Joe Biden’s first term has invested billions of dollars in infrastructure and jobs.
By Oliver Willis - February 06, 2023Funds for the grants come from the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law on Nov. 15, 2021.
By Oliver Willis - January 04, 2023With a narrow majority in the House and a 50-50 Senate, Democrats made significant progress on Biden’s agenda.
By Josh Israel - December 30, 2022President Biden and congressional Democrats deserve credit for doing in less than two years what former President Donald Trump couldn’t do in four: put America first.
By TAI Contributor - December 28, 2022Pennsylvania officials used $25.3 million in federal grants to accelerate construction on the Fern Hollow Bridge, which is nearing completion after collapsing in January.
By Oliver Willis - October 21, 2022The funding is part of a Biden administration effort to address racial injustices in urban planning.
By Oliver Willis - September 16, 2022The Biden administration said it’s committed to deploying half a million electric vehicle chargers across the country by 2030 through direct investment and assistance to states.
By Oliver Willis - September 15, 2022Jackson, Mississippi, a city of 150,000, is in the sixth week of a boil-water advisory from the state health department because of concerns that low pressure could allow contaminants into the water.
By Associated Press - September 10, 2022In August alone, the Department of Commerce gave over $634 million in funding toward improving internet infrastructure on Tribal land.
By Oliver Willis - September 01, 2022In 2020, Ohio Republican Senate nominee J.D. Vance said, ‘We of course have a climate problem in our society.’ Now he says there isn’t one.
By Josh Israel - September 01, 2022Multiple corporations are bringing production — and jobs — to the U.S. following policies championed by President Joe Biden.
By Oliver Willis - August 30, 2022The United States is projected to invest $514 billion in climate technology and green energy as a result of laws signed by President Joe Biden.
By Oliver Willis - August 24, 2022Unemployment has fallen across the country — to rates lower than those that Trump left office with — following actions taken by the Biden-Harris Administration.
By Oliver Willis - August 22, 2022The Department of Energy projects that the building code modernization efforts could cut energy costs by as much as $138 billion over the next 30 years.
By Oliver Willis - July 25, 2022Donald Trump failed to sign any significant infrastructure legislation during his presidency despite saying U.S. airports ‘are like from a third world country.’
By Oliver Willis - July 08, 2022The increase in pay for federal wildland firefighters comes as the United Nations warns of a ‘global wildfire crisis.’
By Oliver Willis - June 21, 2022Black children and families are more likely than white families to suffer from the effects of lead poisoning.
By Oliver Willis - June 17, 2022The states will use the federal funds to improve broadband infrastructure in underserved communities.
By Oliver Willis - June 09, 2022Funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 will be used to upgrade railroads across the country.
By Oliver Willis - June 02, 2022Local first responder departments will be able to use the funds for ‘whatever help they need the most.’
By Oliver Willis - June 01, 2022$154 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be used to improve water infrastructure for Native American tribes and Alaska Native villages.
By Oliver Willis - June 01, 2022The new allocation includes federal aid to cap 18 orphaned wells in the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania.
By Oliver Willis - May 26, 2022Diesel pollution has been associated with cardiac and respiratory illnesses as well as greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
By Oliver Willis - May 24, 2022Pennsylvania, where a housing crisis was made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, stands to benefit from the plan announced by the White House on May 16.
By Oliver Willis - May 17, 2022In total, $3.5 billion will be allocated under the law to clean up Superfund sites across the country.
By Oliver Willis - May 13, 2022