Politics

"It's getting frantic out there," when it comes to competitive grants and drumming up local matches, said William Murdock, executive director of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, speaking at a local government event during Infrastructure Week in Washington, D.C.

High speed passenger rail line leveraging $3 billion in DOT grants

The spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1 would draw down the city's general fund balance to fill a budget gap that has grown to $187 million.

The ASCE in a report analyzing future infrastructure needs says it will take a mix of public and private funds to narrow the funding gap.

Along with tax cuts and school funding increases, lawmakers created passenger rail funding streams and paved the way for a historic hotel's bond-financed purchase.

The proposal would codify a supervisory system that recognizes the work from home reality.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's May budget revisions brought 260 program cuts, but he will not raise taxes or layoff or furlough employees to close the deficit. His plan would cut 10,000 vacant positions.

Pittsburgh recently celebrated removing 11,000 lead water service pipes. It has around 6,000 to go, and estimates that it will finish around 2026. 

The budgetary process has been marked by political fights between the governor and the general assembly.

Chicago's top suburban customer and Illinois' largest water wholesaler bought land for a treatment plant in Northbrook, saying it will strike out on its own.