Bipartisan group of senators eye $579 billion in new infrastructure spending, $1 trillion plan
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators is eyeing an infrastructure deal with $579 billion in new spending as negotiators try to strike a nearly $1
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Biden ends GOP infrastructure talks, but new group emerges
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden ended talks with a group of Republican senators on a big infrastructure package on Tuesday, June 8, and started reaching
US traffic deaths up 7% last year; fatalities involving large trucks down by 2%
DETROIT — U.S. traffic deaths rose 7% last year, the biggest increase in 13 years even though people drove fewer miles due to the coronavirus
Highways closed, rural Arizona residents wait as wildfire spreads uncontained
PHOENIX — Firefighters in Arizona were fighting Tuesday, June 8, to gain a foothold into a massive wildfire, one of two that has forced thousands
Colonial Pipeline CEO: Ransom payment among my ‘toughest decisions’
WASHINGTON — The chief executive of the massive fuel pipeline hit by ransomware last month told senators Tuesday, June 8, that authorizing a multimillion-dollar payment
US has recovered ransom payment made after Colonial Pipeline hack
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has recovered the majority of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment to hackers after a cyberattack that caused the operator of the
No deal: Volvo truck workers striking again in Virginia
DUBLIN, Va. — Nearly 3,000 workers at Volvo’s New River Valley truck plant in southwest Virginia went back on strike Monday, June 7, after they
Arizona wildfires force more evacuations, highway closures
PHOENIX — Authorities ordered additional evacuations and closed several stretches of highways in south-central Arizona on Sunday, June 6, as hundreds of firefighters battled two
Biden rebuffs GOP infrastructure offer, citing broader goals
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday, June 4, dismissed a fresh Republican infrastructure proposal that offered modestly more spending but fell short of “his
Senate GOP rejects Biden infrastructure plan, preps new offer
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Friday, June 4, panned President Joe Biden’s latest infrastructure proposal and were expected to make a revised offer as talks
House Dems unveil $547B infrastructure bill amid Biden talks
WASHINGTON — House Democrats released a plan Friday, June 4, for spending $547 billion over the next five years on road, mass transit and rail
Buttigieg visits closed I-40 bridge in Tennessee; no timeline set for reopening, TDOT says
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg traveled to Tennessee Thursday, June 3, to learn how the closure of the Interstate 40
Utah girls, 9 and 4, uninjured after taking car, hitting tractor-trailer
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Two Utah girls, 9 and 4, were uninjured after they took a car and crashed into a tractor trailer as
Biden, GOP senator talk as time drags on infrastructure deal
WASHINGTON — For nearly an hour, President Joe Biden and the top Senate Republican negotiating infrastructure met Wednesday, June 2, behind closed doors — two
Transportation secretary to visit closed interstate bridge
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will visit the Interstate 40 bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas on Thursday, June 3. The span was
Biden to GOP: ‘Don’t get in the way’ of infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is warning naysayers in Congress not to “get in the way” of his big infrastructure plans as the White House
Kayaker’s photos show crack in closed I-40 bridge in 2016
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Photos taken by a Mississippi River kayaker about five years before a crack was found in the Interstate 40 bridge linking Tennessee
Former Pilot president wants Black judge replaced for 2nd trial
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The white former president of Pilot Co., the nation’s largest fuel retailer, wants a Black federal judge to recuse himself from overseeing
Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid $4.4M to hackers
NEW YORK — The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its
With I-40 Mississippi River bridge closed, backup route gets inspection
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An inspection of the Interstate 55 bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas began Tuesday, May 18, a week after the span became the