White House rushes with infrastructure fixes for US economy
BALTIMORE — The Biden administration is relying on infrastructure dollars to help fix the clogged ports and blanket the nation with internet access — but
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Kansas faces staffing shortage for winter highway clearing
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas is facing a staffing shortage in its Department of Transportation that could slow the clearing of highways in winter storms, the
Optimism grows to fix traffic woes at Ohio River bridge
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s Democratic governor and senior Republican senator sounded upbeat Monday about the prospects for a new a bridge to unclog a notoriously
Louisiana court deals blow to Biden’s vaccine mandate
NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily halted the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers. The 5th
What’s inside? Nation’s infrastructure bill explained
WASHINGTON — The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail
AT LAST: U.S. House passes infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON — The House approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects late Friday after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives
Lawsuits aplenty: 11 states file against vaccine mandate
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Attorneys general in 11 states filed suit Friday against President Joe Biden’s administration, challenging a new vaccine requirement for workers at
No end in sight: Supply chain disruptions roil nation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Amid an historic drought posing threats to future harvests, California farmers now say they have no way to export the crops they
Idaho gets OK to license farmers to grow, transport hemp
BOISE, Idaho — U.S. officials have approved Idaho’s plan for growing and transporting hemp with up to 0.3% THC, the cannabis compound that gives marijuana
Maersk reports 68% rise in revenue amid global shipping concerns
COPENHAGEN — The world’s biggest shipping company, Denmark’s A.P. Moeller-Maersk, reported Tuesday a sharp rise in earnings amid strong worldwide demand for shipments of goods
3 killed in crash with semi
BILLINGS, Mont. — Three men were killed Monday after the sport utility vehicle they were in made a U-turn on Interstate 90 in Billings and
Transportation officials study extra long semi trailers
BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Department of Transportation is beginning a pilot study to examine the possibility of longer trucks on state roads. Last
I-17 improvements scheduled north of Phoenix
PHOENIX — State officials have signed a contract with a developer team for the construction of additional lanes and other improvements along a 23-mile stretch
US cites ‘crisis’ as road deaths rise 18% in first-half 2021
DETROIT — The number of U.S. traffic deaths in the first six months of 2021 hit 20,160, the highest first-half total since 2006, the government
Biden: Vote on infrastructure, social spending bills near
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said he and Democrats in Congress reached a “historic” framework for his sweeping domestic policy package, including the infrastructure spending
New Hampshire trooper killed in crash with big rig
|UPDATE| PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — A New Hampshire State Police trooper died early Thursday when a tractor trailer collided with his cruiser on Interstate 95. Staff
NTSB chair wants Tesla to limit where Autopilot can operate
DETROIT — The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is calling on Tesla to act on recommendations to limit where its Autopilot driver-assist
Lawsuit: Trucker in Pa. Turnpike crash that killed 5 wore noise-canceling headphones
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Victims of a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that killed five people and hurt nearly all the dozens of passengers on a
Nor’easter brings hurricane-force wind, causes power outages
|UPDATE 2| BOSTON — A nor’easter that battered the Atlantic coast with hurricane-force wind gusts left more than a half-million homes and businesses without power
2 feet of snow in Sierra; record rain in Reno; I-80 reopens
RENO, Nev. — More than 2 feet of new snow snarled traffic in the Sierra on Monday while record rainfall in Reno forced the closure