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Volvo - Mon April 24, 2023
Volvo Group Applauds Maryland Clean Trucks Act
The Volvo Group congratulated the Maryland legislature and Gov. Wes Moore on the signing of the state's Clean Trucks Act of 2023, which represents a holistic and thoughtful approach to transitioning the state's medium- and heavy-duty transportation sector to zero emissions vehicles....
Office of Sen. Susan Collins & Portland Daily News - Mon April 10, 2023
Maine Sen. Collins Tours Theater Rehab; Unhappy With Halt to CBP Station Plans
On April 4, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, and vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, visited the 110-year-old Augusta Colonial Theater to see the plans for renovations and expansions made possible by the $1.5 million grant she secured in December as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill....
Rep. Abigail Spanberger & Rep. Mike Gallagher - Thu April 06, 2023
Gallagher, Spanberger Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support America's Trucking Industry
Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) reintroduced their bipartisan legislation to help address America's truck driver shortage by establishing a refundable income tax credit for qualified commercial truck drivers....
Associated Press - Wed April 05, 2023
Government Announces $29M Investment in Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) The federal government is spending more money on improvements at Dallas-Fort Worth International and other airports that officials said will increase safety by reducing the number of times that planes on the ground must taxi across active runways....
Scott Bauer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue March 14, 2023
Gov. Evers Proposes $3.8B Budget for Wisconsin Projects
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Tony Evers on Feb. 28 proposed spending $3.8 billion on building projects in 28 counties around the state, with nearly half directed toward work across the University of Wisconsin System....
Gov. Abbott - Tue February 21, 2023
Gov. Abbott Appoints Border Czar to Oversee Construction
Gov. Greg Abbott recently announced the new position of Texas Border Czar to oversee border construction and security at a press conference on a Texas border wall construction site in San Benito. Mike Banks has been hired as special advisor on Border Matters to the Governor and will serve as the State of Texas' first-ever Border Czar....
Thunder Creek Equipment - Tue February 14, 2023
USDA Officials Tour Iowa's Thunder Creek Equipment
Thunder Creek Equipment and its parent company LDJ Manufacturing Inc. hosted officials from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) at its newly expanded manufacturing plant in Pella, Iowa, on Feb....
Summer Ballentine and David A. Lieb ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed February 01, 2023
Missouri's Gov. Parson Calls for $860M to Widen I-70
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson called on state lawmakers to set aside nearly $860 million to widen and improve traffic flow on Interstate 70 in his annual State of the State address Jan....
Mattracks - Wed February 01, 2023
Klobuchar Visits Mattracks, Discusses Workforce, Innovation
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D – Minn., made a stop at Mattracks — a Karlstad, Minn., based manufacturer of track conversion systems, on Jan. 11 to discuss the progress and current challenges facing industry leaders in the northwest corner of the state....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu January 26, 2023
No Quick-Fix for 'Fix-It-First' Policy
The transportation construction industry is squaring off against the FHWA in a two-year battle to get states to fix existing highways rather than expand the nation's road system with new ones. Framed as a "simple internal guidance document" in 2021, the "fix-it-first" memo has resulted in threats to challenge the rule in Congress....
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