Here are the opening lines of a Wall Street Journal story: Wall Street firms have received fees exceeding $1 billion in less than a year selling "Build America Bonds" ...

  How about this in the lead from a Reuters story out of Washington today: "........the House of Representatives approved a $15 billion package of tax credits and highway construction." As you might expect ...

That's us in the corner, losing our competitiveness. My guess is that most Americans still think we are world leaders in a field where, in fact, we are not. Actually, we ...

Washington, March 3, 2016: Congress extends SAFETEA-LU for 86th time. You think? If Senator Jim Bunning's standing on the shore trying to hold back the waves act showed us anything it is ...

  I was thinking about Jim Bunning because I am a huge fan of Tom Paine.  The Kentucky senator has created all sort sof  upheaval by virtually single-handedly blocking an extension to the ...

Fantastic. Congress continues to drag its heels on reauthorization of a surface transportation bill, and now our fears are confirmed. The trickle-down effect has begun. It's not news that it's a ...

  Are we all looking at the same thing? Are all the leftover Avatar 3-D glasses finding their way into D.C.? Here's a good basic view of the cost of what's ...

The Senate passed an extension of the highway bill through the end of December, which seems like it would be a move in the right direction. But that one advancement forward ...

At a time when recession-hit government agencies are checking in the back of sofas for loose change, along comes a conference that can be really useful in a hurry. The  ...

Apparently what is happening behind closed doors in Washington with with stimulus funds would make Charlie Rich blush. Floridian congressman John L. Mica  the Republican leader in the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, says ...

When you live in snowy Chicagoland, just how much you should snow or shovel is not only a valid question but a dilemma. What is the etiquette when shoveling or ...

Is there a disconnect between where our roads are most travelled and where stimulus money is being spent? In the Up Front blog from the Brookings Institution, Robert Puentes looks at ...