A Tennessee transportation board selected a road-building group Wednesday to fund and build toll lanes from the southeast Nashville area to Murfreesboro as part of a package in which the contractor locked up the bid by agreeing to pay the state nearly $25 billion over the life of a 50-year contract. The Transportation Modernization Board […]
As cranes fill the skyline and new projects move from planning to construction, we must remember what makes all of this possible. It is not just the concrete, steel, or technology. It is the skilled men and women who install, power, maintain, and modernize the electrical systems that keep Ohio running. Whether constructing transmission lines, […]
While Utah leaders have worked on infrastructure tax credits and incentives for gas production, they keep raising their eyebrows at the pump, frustrated with the fact that the average price of gas has continued to rise above the national average this year. Especially Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz, a Republican from Hooper, who was behind […]
SHREVEPORT, La. - Amazon plans to invest an additional $6 billion in its northwest Louisiana data center development, bringing the company's total planned investment in the region to $18 billion, officials announced Tuesday.
A week before Veto Day, leaders in both parties are hoping to overturn Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s veto of the Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan. And some like the odds. “I think there’s a pretty good chance,” said Deputy House Speaker Steven Smith, a Charlestown Republican, in an interview Wednesday. “It’s the type of thing that’s […]
Canadian energy company Enbridge has secured another permit needed for its Line 5 tunnel project, moving the effort closer toward construction after another critical permit was struck down less than two weeks earlier. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced on Wednesday that it had issued a permit for the project, authorizing the company to […]
South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Tuesday that he awarded $500,000 from a fund under his control to support the continued work of his Governor’s Resilience and Infrastructure Task Force. The money comes from the Future Fund, which employers support with fees they submit while paying taxes to support unemployment benefits. The governor awards money […]
This story was reported with the help of a grant from Grist. NEW IBERIA, La. — Into a clear blue sky, the sweet-smelling smoke billows and spreads. Farmers have been burning and harvesting sugarcane this way for generations, but the practice creates ash fallout and hazardous air pollutants. Every year, farmers plan and coordinate the […]
While the city of Corunna has yet to receive any proposals to develop a data center, the Shiawassee County Community has adopted an ordinance setting regulations on any prospective projects that would come to town, Matthew Bartow of The Argus-Press reports. In Augusta Charter Township, voters rejected a proposal to rezone more than 500 acres […]
With the prospect of an electrically independent New Hampshire unlikely, officials must consider how the state could find a less lonely path toward achieving its energy goals. A Republican-backed bill passed in 2025 initially called for the state to explore leaving New England’s regional electric system, something supporters hoped would lower bills for ratepayers in […]
