Infrastructure News Updates

Government, Business

Romney, Senators Map Rival Infrastructure Plan With No Tax Hikes

The Biden administration is expecting a new infrastructure proposal this week from a bipartisan group of lawmakers, but those legislators are moving forward without any of the tax hikes the president has demanded to pay for his plan.

June 9, 2021
Government, Business

Democratic, GOP House Members Pitch New Infrastructure Plan

A group of Democratic and Republican U.S. House members that is trying to keep alive the hope of a bipartisan infrastructure package said late June 8 agreement had been reached on $761.8 billion in new spending over eight years.

June 9, 2021
Government, Business

Biden-Capito Infrastructure Talks End With No Deal

President Joe Biden ended talks with Republican Sen.Shelley Moore Capito on an infrastructure plan without a deal, after failing to reach agreement on the scope of spending or how to pay for it.

June 8, 2021
Government, Business

Biden-Capito Infrastructure Talks Stall

President Joe Biden’s negotiations on an infrastructure deal with Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito appeared to stall June 7 and a bipartisan group of senators say they are ready to step in with an alternative.

June 7, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

US Recovers Millions in Ransom From Colonial Pipeline Hackers

The U.S. recovered almost all the bitcoin ransom paid to the perpetrators of the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline Co. in May in a sign that law enforcement is capable of pursuing online criminals even when they operate outside the nation’s borders.

June 7, 2021
Government

House Transportation Panel to Consider Highway Bill June 9

The Democratic leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives plans to make good on its pledge to pass some type of an infrastructure bill by July 4. And the path toward that goal runs through the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

June 7, 2021
Government, Business

Biden Rejects Higher GOP Infrastructure Offer From Capito

President Joe Biden rejected an increased infrastructure offer from a group of Senate Republicans led by Shelley Moore Capito on June 4, the White House said.

June 4, 2021
Government, Business

Biden Floats 15% Minimum Corporate Tax to Fund Infrastructure

President Joe Biden has pitched to Republicans the idea of a 15% minimum tax on U.S. corporations, along with strengthened IRS enforcement efforts, as a way to fund a bipartisan infrastructure package.

June 4, 2021
Government, Safety

Utah DOT Begins Construction of New Highway

The Utah Department of Transportation has started work on a project to construct a new highway.

June 4, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Top 100

Pete Buttigieg Cites Importance of I-40 Bridge Repair

Phase 2 of the two-part effort to repair the Interstate 40 bridge is underway, according to transportation officials.

June 4, 2021