Tags: President Obama
Obama budget slashes safety investments
The FY2014 budget released by the Obama Administration on April 10 increases across-the-board spending by 2 percent, but cuts Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) programs critical to enhancing the safety of aggregates workers.
According to a report from the National ... Read More...
Obama’s proposed 2014 budget includes $50 billion for infrastructure investment
On April 10, President Barack Obama presented Congress with his 2014 fiscal year budget plan. The $3.8 trillion budget plan includes $50 billion for infrastructure investment, our sister site, Better Roads, reported.
The $50 billion for infrastructure investments includes $40 billion ... Read More...
Obama pushes $21 billion infrastructure improvement bill
President Barack Obama has asked Congress to pass a $21 billion package to improve the United States’ infrastructure, our sister publication Better Roads reported.
The proposed publicly- and privately-funded plan, which will be included in Obama’s budget April 10, includes $10 ... Read More...
Could the Grinch Save This Christmas?
A few nights ago, I watched one of my favorite Christmas classics, the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, with my family. Maybe I was lulled by the voice of Boris Karloff, but as the Grinch's heart grew three sizes, and he ... Read More...
Editorial
Grading Our Government
By Therese Dunphy
If the industry were giving government entities a grade card this fall, it would be an interestingly mixed report. Consider important issues facing our government officials and determine how you would rate them.
In terms of transportation ... Read More...
Administration developing fuel efficiency, greenhouse gas pollution standards for heavy-duty vehicles
President Obama met with industry officials on Aug. 9 to discuss first of their kind fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas pollution standards for work trucks, buses, and other heavy-duty vehicles and to thank them for their leadership in finalizing a ... Read More...
LaHood announces $527 million in funding for third round in TIGER grant program
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, on June 30, announced that $527 million will be available for a third round of the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) competitive grant program, which funds innovative transportation projects that will create jobs and ... Read More...
