By Katie Lobosco, CNN States and local governments are stepping up plans to spend the billions of dollars provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed last year. The law, enacted about 100 days ago, will provide $550 billion for new federal infrastructure investments over the next five years.Read More →
BOSTON, Mass. (SHNS) — When Governor Charlie Baker ran for office in 2014, he did so by pledging to increase local aid at the same rate state revenues are expected to grow. Eight years later, whether that practice continues or is abandoned when Baker and his team leave the StateRead More →
MARSHALL — Gov. Greg Abbott and Republican challenger Allen West stopped in Marshall on Wednesday to vote in the final week of early voting for Tuesday’s primary. Abbott and West, the former GOP state chairman, told voters they were crucial in deciding who will be victorious on Tuesday and inRead More →
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is working to ensure Oklahomans have widely available access to N95 masks in the state. In partnership with the Oklahoma Pharmacists Association and state partner pharmacies, OSDH will distribute N95 masks statewide to local pharmacies through a distribution system thatRead More →
Local officials and advocates hail last week’s nearly $400 million federal allocation as a major step in building a system of dykes, locks and gates that protects Terrebonne and parts of Lafourche hurricanes. U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said the $378.5 million is included in the bipartisan infrastructure bill passedRead More →
ALBUQUERQUE — With billions of federal dollars earmarked for New Mexico for infrastructure projects, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Friday rural areas cannot be left behind. The governor made the comment during a virtual summit attended by more than 200 city officials from across the state. She said the aimRead More →
Whitman County to invest $ 400,000 in new airport terminal Whitman County Commissioners voted Monday in favor of a $ 400,000 investment in the new Pullman-Moscow regional airport project. The terminal project is expected to cost $ 61 million, with the bulk of that cost being paid for by theRead More →
By Geneva Sands, CNN One year after the attack on the United States Capitol, homeland security and nationwide law enforcement officials brace themselves for potential “unprecedented” levels of violence this year as midterm elections kick off and the pandemic continues to affect the country. everyday life. The country remains polarizedRead More →
Cahill DES MOINES – The last sessions of the Iowa Legislature marked the start of a series of changes in state law, and the Marshall County delegation – Representatives Sue Cahill (D-Marshalltown) and Dean Fisher (R-Montour) and Sen. Jeff Edler (R-State Center) – are excited to continue their work untilRead More →
The water flows in a stream. The federal and state governments settled a Clean Water Act violation lawsuit with the Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority. The lawsuit involved violations of “sanitary sewer overflows – usually in the form of sewage overflowing from manholes – and operation and maintenance violationsRead More →
When the federal government turns on the tap of the water infrastructure dollars, Greenville will attempt to refill its glass. Like most cities in Texas, Greenville could use one or two of those dollars to take care of parts of its drinking water system. Texas is expected to receive aboutRead More →
When LeRoy Fairbanks explains why the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe bought the old Teal’s Market in Cass Lake, Minnesota, in October, the story begins in the past. Not just a few years ago when the group started discussing how to have your own local grocery store. No, the historyRead More →
By Jade Gordon and Alta Spells, CNN The Atlanta Public Schools Education Council (APS) is taking action to promote gun safety in homes. Less than a week after four students were shot and killed and seven others injured in a high school shooting in Oxford, Mich., The Atlanta Board ofRead More →
KARACHI: Tense relations between the Pakistani federal government led by Tehreek-i-Insaf and the Sindh government led by the Pakistan People’s Party suffered a further blow when a key member of the federal cabinet on Sunday accused the provincial administration of deceive the population and vowed to launch a campaign againstRead More →
Sosan Najem can understand the plight of Afghan refugees arriving in America to start a new life. A former Afghan refugee herself, Najem is spending Thanksgiving away from her family, helping the federal government in its efforts to help newly arrived refugees resettle in the region and beyond. She alsoRead More →
Scholar focuses on administrative law at the municipal government level. Scientists have a long time debated principles of US administrative law, but these discussions focused almost exclusively on federal law. To what extent do these principles apply at the local level? Despite the abundance of research in administrative law, fundamentalRead More →