Obama proposes $21 billion infrastructure bill

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 01, 2013

On Friday, President Obama requested lawmakers approve a $21 billion package to improve the United States’ infrastructure, The Hill reported. The proposed package consists of $10 billion for an infrastructure bank, $4 billion for an investment program and $7 billion for ...

Slow Train Comin’

John Latta - Aug 03, 2011

“We have workers who need jobs and a country that needs rebuilding; an infrastructure bank would help us put them together.” President Obama, this week. It’s not exactly deck chairs on the Titanic; it’s more like taking the slow train to ...

RoadWorks

Brooke Wisdom - Oct 01, 2010

Rural America’s Vital Road Needs “Overlooked” By John Latta, Tina Grady Barbaccia and Mike Anderson Politicians and planners involved in “policy discussions” about future transportation funding and development are overlooking the people of rural America. So says John Horsley, executive director of ...

Obama reveals $50 billion infrastructure proposal

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Sep 07, 2010

In a “Labor Fest” speech in Milwaukee, President Barack Obama revealed plans to spend at least $50 billion throughout the next six years to rebuild 150,000 miles of roads, lay and maintain 4,000 miles of railways, and to restore 150 ...