infrastructure

Texas needs money to keep the lights on during extreme weather. It’s funding more fossil fuel instead

Texas needs money to keep the lights on during extreme weather. It’s funding more fossil fuel instead

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Keeping the power on can be the difference between life and death, a scenario bearing out this week in Houston as temperatures ...

Gretchen Whitmer says Biden isn’t getting credit for the infrastructure law because voters are ‘stressed out’

Gretchen Whitmer says Biden isn’t getting credit for the infrastructure law because voters are ‘stressed out’

Politics
Amanda Smith

President Joe Biden has struggled to make his infrastructure success resonate with voters. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told the Times that many ...

Ted Cruz says Biden is breaking the law by taking credit for infrastructure projects

Ted Cruz says Biden is breaking the law by taking credit for infrastructure projects

Politics
Amanda Smith

Sen. Ted Cruz has an issue with signage touting projects funded by the 2021 infrastructure law. Construction sites across the US note ...

Amtrak power outage “an unmitigated disaster,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says. Here’s what started it.

Amtrak power outage “an unmitigated disaster,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says. Here’s what started it.

Business
Jessica Roberts

NEW JERSEY — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy called the power outage that brought Amtrak and NJ Transit to a halt for ...

Are the Pittsburgh steps I loved as a boy now ‘death stairs’?

Are the Pittsburgh steps I loved as a boy now ‘death stairs’?

Health
Rachel Carter

For the first 18 years of my life, I assumed it was normal to climb hundreds of steps to get around your ...

Baltimore Bridge Collapse Spurs Warning About Declining Infrastructure

Baltimore Bridge Collapse Spurs Warning About Declining Infrastructure

Trending
Sarah Wilson

Infrastructure is a massively important piece of the American economy, yet it hardly generates its … [+] fair share of discussion. Getty ...

Ukraine strikes two more fuel depots in Russia, defying US warnings – POLITICO

Ukraine strikes two more fuel depots in Russia, defying US warnings – POLITICO

World
David Turner

The strikes on the two fuel storage and pumping bases in the Smolensk region, some 500 km from the border with Ukraine. ...

Biden notches another union endorsement as building trades back reelection

Biden notches another union endorsement as building trades back reelection

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden secured the backing of another union on Wednesday as the organization representing American construction workers lined ...

Where’s the money to fix Cahokia Heights’ broken sewer system? Residents want answers

Where’s the money to fix Cahokia Heights’ broken sewer system? Residents want answers

U.S.
Amanda Smith

A BND series focused on bringing transparency and accountability to local news coverage. Our reporters dig deeper to deliver fast facts about ...

3 Billionaires Are Selling Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Nvidia and Buying These 10 AI Stocks Instead

3 Billionaires Are Selling Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Nvidia and Buying These 10 AI Stocks Instead

Business
Jessica Roberts

For three decades, investors have been privy to no shortage of next-big-thing investment trends. Although nothing has been as transformative as the ...