Pelosi Elected House Speaker as Partial Government Shutdown Continues
By Dean Franks, senior vice president, congressional relations, ARTBA Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Jan. 3 became the first person in over 60 years to become Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for a second time. She took the gavel as Democrats officially...
Partial Government Shutdown Now Underway
By Dean Franks, senior vice president, congressional relations, ARTBA A partial federal government shutdown began at midnight Dec. 22 as Democrats and Republicans were unable to pass the seven remaining FY 2019 spending bills. At issue is an impasse over funding for...
Report to Congress Says Raise the Gas Tax to Address Interstates
By Eileen Houlihan, senior writer/editor, ARTBA Congress should legislate an Interstate Highway System renewal and modernization program that focuses on reconstructing the aging and heavily-used infrastructure and pay for it in the near-term by increasing the federal...
Real Growth for Transportation Construction Market in 2019, ARTBA’s Chief Economist Says
By Eileen Houlihan, senior writer/editor, ARTBA The U.S. transportation infrastructure market is expected to grow 4.2 percent in 2019, according to ARTBA Chief Economist Dr. Alison Premo Black’s annual forecast. Increased transportation investment by federal,...
Register Now: 2019 Transportation Construction Market Forecast Coming Dec. 5
By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA ARTBA Chief Economist Dr. Alison Premo Black will detail the 4.2 percent growth she projects for the 2019 U.S. transportation construction market during her highly-anticipated annual forecast webinar. The Dec. 5 session, which...Advertisements:
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