December 18, 2020 | Top Story
By Dean Franks, senior vice president of congressional relations Congress late Friday approved a two-day extension of federal government operations to give lawmakers more time to reach final agreement on Fiscal Year 2021 spending and a COVID-19 relief package....
December 15, 2020 | Top Story
By ARTBA staff President-elect Joe Biden will Dec. 16 nominated Pete Buttigieg as secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT). The former two-term South Bend, Ind., mayor (2012-January 2020) was a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination...
December 10, 2020 | Economics, Top Story
By John Schneidawind, vice president, public affairs, ARTBA The U.S. transportation construction market is expected to shrink 5.5 percent next year, driven primarily by the severe economic recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to ARTBA’s annual...
December 4, 2020 | Top Story
By Lauren Schapker, vice president of legislative affairs Congressional negotiations on COVID-19 relief legislation showed signs of life this week after months of stalemate. A bipartisan group from the House and Senate released a $908 billion legislative outline that...
November 20, 2020 | Top Story
By Lauren Schapker, vice president of legislative affairs ARTBA President & CEO Dave Bauer has provided the transportation design and construction industry’s priorities to the incoming Biden administration’s U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) “agency...
November 11, 2020 | Top Story
By Dean Franks, senior vice president for congressional relations, ARTBA Bipartisan leadership of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee Nov. 10 released their FY 2021 spending bill that proposes an additional $4.5 billion...