Infrastructure

Meta's Stanton Springs Data Center.

Mills vetoes Maine data center ban

Brady Knox · April 24, 2026 5:34 pm

A metro train travels westbound along interstate 66.

Metro board votes to automate Red Line fully with driverless trains

Smoke rises over Washington, D.C., after a bus caught fire.

Smoke plume rises over downtown DC after bus catches fire

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a press briefing on flight safety, at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Air traffic control overhaul gains ground as safety concerns persist

A traveler walks though the terminal at O'Hare airport in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Duffy orders Chicago O’Hare airport to cut summer flights

BillÂ Shuster's legislation designates where the government should spend highway funding, but it does not come up with ways to pay for those projects. (AP Photo)

House to advance multi-year highway bill next week

Susan Ferrechio October 14, 2015 4:01 pm

States need a multi-year commitment from the federal government that they can plan and buildÂ on. (Annapolis CapitalÂ via AP)

Getting transportation funding moving again

Carla Kalogeridis October 3, 2015 4:01 am

Energy Secretary Ernest MonizÂ said much more has to be done on training cybersecurity specialists to counter the threat of aÂ cyber attack against the nation's natural gas infrastructure, new cars and the traffic management system.Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Moniz says cyber attacks threaten natural gas industry

John Siciliano August 24, 2015 9:52 pm

House Speaker John Boehner's low opinion of the Senate bill, expressed in colorful language, has been widely publicized -- and is well-justified. (AP Photo)Â

The highway bill: A realistic view of its year-end prospects

Kenneth Orski August 10, 2015 4:01 am

"We can't keep on funding transportation by the seat of our pants, three months at a time," Obama said. (AP)

Obama scolds Congress for leaving town

Nicole Duran July 31, 2015 9:14 pm

Congress is struggling to develop an economically-efficient mechanism for paying for infrastructure. Â

Congress should devolve gas tax money

Alex Armlovich July 31, 2015 4:01 am

The result for farmers has not been pretty, as the increase in crude oil trains has reduced the freight capacity available to transport grain and other commodities.Â (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Want to boost agricultural sector? Build new pipelines

elaine-kub July 27, 2015 4:01 am

Senators voted 62-36 to begin debate on a $47 billion measure authorizing surface infrastructure projects for six years.Â (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Senate advances six-year highway funding measure

Susan Ferrechio July 23, 2015 12:47 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced a deal to authorize highway funding for the next six years. (AP Photo)

McConnell announces six-year highway funding deal

Susan Ferrechio July 21, 2015 5:10 pm

Transit workers participate in a rally to urge Congress to replenish the Highway Trust Fund. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

House chairmen look to tax compliance to fund highway spending through 2015

Joseph Lawler July 14, 2015 12:40 pm

In a report commissioned by the McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute, the economists estimate that $100 billion in new infrastructure spending could generate $12.5 billion to $33.1 billion in new taxes over 20 years. That would reduce the need for tax revenues to pay for new roads, bridges, and ports. (AP Photo)

Dynamic scoring is demanded for spending on roads

Joseph Lawler July 6, 2015 3:41 pm

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The four big items on Obama’s legislative wish list

Susan Crabtree June 25, 2015 9:48 pm