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State transportation agencies and construction companies can exhale now that an $8-billion boost for the ailing Highway Trust Fund is law.
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09/17/2008 Highways: FHWA Rejects Plan To Toll I-80 in Pennsylvania

09/17/2008 Bridges: Sen. Boxer Backs Funding, Inspection Bill

09/17/2008 Border: Costs Rise, Year-end Target Tough To Meet

09/10/2008 Sept. 30 Deadlines Loom for Must-Pass Bills

09/10/2008 Housing: Questions Over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Plan

09/03/2008 Industry Mulls Nominees' Public Works Views

09/03/2008 Interior: Senators Want Endangered-Species Rule Pulled

09/03/2008 Wetlands: EPA Blocks Corps Yazoo Pumping Project

09/03/2008 Bridges: NTSB Aims To Issue I-35W Report in November

08/27/2008 Construction Deaths Down, But Toll Still High

08/27/2008 Buildings: Focus Is on Senate for Code-Enforcement Bill

08/20/2008 Upcoming Studies Focus on Bridge Issues

08/20/2008 Energy: House Bill To Include Limited Offshore Drilling

08/20/2008 Nuclear: NRC, DOE Outline License Plan for New Reactor

08/20/2008 Transit: FTA Modifies Policies on ‘'Small Starts' Reviews

08/13/2008 Industry Gears Up for Presidential Race

08/13/2008 IRS: New Proposal Allows Beneficial Tax Method

08/13/2008 Biofuels: EPA Denies RFS Waiver Request

08/13/2008 Endangered Species Act: Changes Proposed

08/06/2008 $24-Billion 'Stimulus 2' Floated in Senate

08/06/2008 EPA: Democratic Senators Seek Chief's Resignation

08/06/2008 Spending: House Approves Military Construction-VA Bill

08/06/2008 DOE: Cost Estimate Soars for Yucca Mountain Project

07/30/2008 Surprise! Highway Trust Fund Gap Narrows

07/30/2008 Drinking Water: EPA Proposes CO2 Sequestration Rule

07/30/2008 Floods: Sen. Boxer Says Panel Wants to Draft Levee Bill

07/30/2008 Spending: Second Supplemental Bill Delayed in Senate

07/23/2008 FHWA Nominee Awaits Senate Consideration

07/23/2008 Highways: House Nears Vote on a Trust-Fund 'Fix'

07/23/2008 Funding: Senate Panel Hikes DOD, Embassy Work

07/23/2008 Power: Gore Calls for Huge Boost in Renewable Energy

07/16/2008 Highway Trust-Fund 'Fix' Remains Elusive

07/16/2008 Bridges: House To Vote on Funding, Inspection Measure

07/16/2008 Energy: Presidential Candidates Differ

07/16/2008 GSA: Senate Panel Boosts Construction Funding for FY 2009

07/09/2008 Spending Bills Move, But Problems Lie Ahead

07/09/2008 Energy: BLM To Resume Taking Solar Project Applications

07/09/2008 Wetlands: Rapanos Case Said To Affect EPA Enforcement

07/09/2008 Regulations: OMB Surveys Rules' Benefits, Costs

07/02/2008 Funding Bill Has $11 Billion for Construction

07/02/2008 Transit: House Clears Bill Authorizing $1.7 Billion

07/02/2008 Airports: Bush Signs New Three-Month FAA Stopgap Bill

07/02/2008 People: GSA Insider Nominated To Be Its Administrator

06/25/2008 OSHA Chief Grilled Over Crane-Rule Delay

06/25/2008 Spending: House Bill Includes $11 Billion for Construction

06/25/2008 Supreme Court: Challenge to Border Fence Is Denied

06/25/2008 Tax: Senate Again Blocks Energy-Extenders Bill

06/18/2008 Worker-Verification Plan Has Wide Scope

06/18/2008 Amtrak Funding Bill Rolls Through House

06/11/2008 Corps Is Drafting Revised Project 'Yardstick'

06/11/2008 Legislation: Bush Signs SAFETEA-LU Corrections Bill

06/11/2008 Schools: Tough Path Ahead for House Construction-Aid Bill

06/11/2008 Climate: Senate Cap-and-Trade Bill Shelved for 2008

06/04/2008 Senate Climate Bill's Outlook Cloudy, for 2008

06/04/2008 Nuclear: DOE Sends Yucca Mountain Application to NRC

06/04/2008 Gulf Coast: Interior Proposes Restoration Funding Shares

06/04/2008 Rail: House Panel Clears $14-Billion Authorization Bill

05/28/2008 Another FAA Extension Seems in the Cards

05/28/2008 People: HUD Pick's Senate Hearing Goes Smoothly

05/28/2008 Tax Credits: Extensions Are Uncertain

05/28/2008 Ozone: Green Groups Challenge New Standard

05/21/2008 Fate of Renewable Energy Credits Uncertain

05/21/2008 War Funding Bills With Billions For Construction Face Veto Threat

 

 

05/14/2008 Construction Aid Rides on War Funding Bills

05/14/2008 SAFETEA-LU: Rep. Mica Favors Big Hike in 2009 Bill

05/14/2008 Clean Coal: DOE Wants Input on New 'FutureGen' Plan

05/14/2008 Congress: House Bill Calls for Infrastructure Commission

05/07/2008 SAFETEA-LU Corrections Bill Clears Congress

05/07/2008 Air Quality: EPA To Propose Tighter Lead Standard

05/07/2008 Airports: Senate GOP Blocks FAA Bill, Highway Fund 'Fix'

05/07/2008 NLRB: Battista Asks To Have Nomination Withdrawn

04/30/2008 Senate Moving on FAA Bill, at Last

04/30/2008 Gas Tax: Presidential Candidates Propose Temporary Cut

04/30/2008 DOD: Base Closure Program Heads for Peak Funding Year

04/30/2008 Immigration: States Acting in Absence of New Federal Law

04/23/2008 Bush Outlines New Climate-Change Goal

04/23/2008 Highways: Senate Approves Corrections Bill

04/23/2008 Water: 'Endocrine Disruptors' Debated

04/23/2008 3% Withholding: House Approves One-Year Delay

04/16/2008 Senate Passes Renewable-Energy Tax Credit

04/16/2008 Water: Definition of Navigable Water Debated

04/16/2008 EPA: Court Asked to Revisit Mercury

04/16/2008 Power: Supreme Court To Hear Utilities' Case

04/09/2008 Clock Ticking for Highway Trust-Fund 'Fix'

04/09/2008 Clean Air: Critics Ask Court To Force EPA Rule on Emissions

04/02/2008 Follow-Up 'No Match' Rule Widely Criticized

04/02/2008 People: Housing Secretary Jackson Resigns

04/02/2008 Wetlands: EPA, Corps Issue Final Mitigation Rule

04/02/2008 DOT: Rule Issued on Projects' Impacts on Parks, Historic Sites

03/26/2008 Infrastructure Talk Rises in Congress

03/26/2008 Ergonomics: ANSI Rejects Challenge to Standard

03/26/2008 Bridges: NTSB Says No Hearing on Minnesota Accident

03/26/2008 Labor: Bush Names Schaumber To Be NLRB Chairman

03/19/2008 New EPA Ozone Standard Sharply Criticized

03/19/2008 Nuclear: Senate Aide Confirmed as NRC Commissioner

03/19/2008 Spending: Senate Shoots Down Earmark Moratorium

03/19/2008 Corps: Task Force Working on WRDA Implementation

03/12/2008 Lawmakers Challenge Proposed EPA Cuts

03/12/2008 Aviation: FAA Sees Slower Growth in Passenger Volume

03/12/2008 DOT: FY09 Budget Slammed in Senate

03/12/2008 GSA: Agency Opens Office to Promote Green Buildings

03/05/2008 Panel Cites Problems at Baghdad Embassy

03/05/2008 Legal: High Court Hears Exxon Valdez Oil-Spill Case

03/05/2008 Energy: House Passes $18 Billion of Tax Incentives

03/05/2008 People: Gulf Coast Reconstruction Czar Steps Down

02/27/2008 House Again Takes Up Energy Tax Breaks

02/27/2008 Funding: Bush Cool Toward More Infrastructure Aid

02/27/2008 EPA: Work Halted on Effluent-Limit Rule

02/27/2008 Labor: Carpenters, LIUNA Abstain From Obama Endorsement

02/20/2008 Candidates Outline Infrastructure Proposals

02/20/2008 Corps: Fiscal 2009 Budget Proposal Criticized

02/20/2008 Aviation: 4-Month Extension Passes, With AIP Authority

02/20/2008 People: Senators From New Jersey Block FAA Nominee

02/13/2008 House Passes Four-Month FAA Extension

02/13/2008 Clean Air: Court Rejects EPA's Mercury Regulation

02/13/2008 DOT: Appropriator Critiques '09 Budget

02/13/2008 NLRB: Nominees' Confirmation Prospects Unclear

01/30/2008 Congress Weighs Competing Stimulus Bills

01/30/2008 Ergonomics: Industry Groups Appeal New ANSI Standard

01/30/2008 Iraq: IG Criticizes Parsons' Work

01/23/2008 Stimulus Plan May Exclude Public Works Aid

01/23/2008 Clean Air: EPA Approves Final 'Conformity' Rule

01/23/2008 Buildings: New DOE Energy-Efficiency Rules to Take Effect

01/23/2008 Iraq: GAO Questions Rebuilding Progress

01/16/2008 Transport Panel Report Praised, Criticized

01/09/2008 Short-Handed, NLRB Will Delay Major Rulings

01/09/2008 Clean Air: California Sues EPA Over Vehicle Emissions

 


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