Patrick Industries announced a merger with its main competitor for selling components for recreational vehicles. A lawsuit alleges that it leverages market power.
Infrastructure, Housing & Transportation
Posted inHousing
Trump’s War on Fair Housing
The nonprofits that enforce anti-discrimination laws are being cut off from the federal funding that makes their work possible.
Posted inHousing
Trump’s Planned Landlord Bailout Would Cost Billions
A Justice Department settlement for the COVID eviction moratorium won’t just go to mom-and-pop owners.
Posted inTransportation
Regulators Finally Poised to Review America’s Biggest Rail Merger
The $85 billion proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would create the nation’s first transcontinental railroad. Workers, shippers, and even business rivals are against it.
Posted inTAP
An Unlikely Bipartisan Housing Win
The new housing law is a victory for Democratic agenda-setting, but real impact on housing costs remains elusive.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Canada Built a New Bridge From Ontario to Detroit. Trump Refuses to Open It.
Will the trade war leave a new bridge just sitting over an international waterway?
Posted inPolitics
Will Congress Pass the Housing Bill?
Trump has been trying to kill bipartisanship, but this is one bipartisan bill that Trump desperately needs.
Posted inHousing
Memo to Ezra Klein: Check Out Wichita and Boise
You don’t need to scrap planning and zoning to get abundant and affordable housing. In fact, planning and zoning can help get housing built.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Following the Money on Sean Duffy’s Road Trip
Nearly a dozen companies that sponsored Duffy’s personal travel have significant business before his agency.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Aftermath: China Is Electrifying Freight Trucking
Trump’s Iran war will only accelerate the process.