We have difficulty handing out money intended for people who need it. And that’s just the beginning.
Housing and Transportation
Read about affordable housing; access to transportation; roadways; bridges and tunnels; crumbling infrastructure; railroads; Amtrak; trucking; interstate highway system; science and technology; land use;
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Infrastructure Summer: Chuck Schumer, China, and Build Back Better
How does the Senate majority leader’s own $200 billion China bill fit into the equation?
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Private Equity’s Potential Payday From Build Back Better
Hundreds of billions of dollars are scheduled for industries private equity dominates. Advocates want to make sure workers and families benefit, not financiers.
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Infrastructure Summer: The Gottheimer Gang’s Pointless Standoff
Conservative Democrats got a guarantee that the House would vote on the infrastructure bill by late September. But that changes nothing about the process.
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To Ease Affordable Housing Crisis, California Views a Broad New Law
The debate around SB 9 centers on equity, social justice, affordability—and whether it benefits residents or developers.
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To Improve Rental Assistance, Just Make It Cash Assistance
Programs in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and elsewhere could serve as national models for quick and efficient emergency relief.
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Infrastructure Summer: Will Biden’s Agenda Survive the Senate Finance Committee?
Testing Ron Wyden’s willingness to challenge the rich and powerful
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Infrastructure Summer: Bipartisan Bill Boosts Corporate Giants
In broadband and other areas, the corporate dominance that has been an impediment to progress emerges unscathed.
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Infrastructure Summer: The Bipartisan Bill Is Step One of Many
Democrats might get hung up on the very next step, the budget resolution for the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.
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Infrastructure Summer: Amtrak Victorious
The much-maligned rail operator gets some respect and more than a few billion in banknotes out of the bruising infrastructure battle.
