Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has been named co-chairman of the Building America’s Future coalition, which advocates for investments to improve U.S. infrastructures, Politico reported Jan. 9. Adam Snider writes LaHood will take
MorePresident Barack Obama has signed a memorandum that intends to expedite the amount of time the federal government takes to review and approve large-scale infrastructure projects. The memo comes nearly a year
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The Federal Aviation Administration will keep contract towers open as the recently-enacted Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 allowed the agency to reprogram $253 million in funding for the towers, Aviation Week
MoreCharlotte, N.C. Mayor Anthony Foxx will be nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as transportation secretary and succeed Ray LaHood, Bloomberg reports. Cotten Timberlake and Hans Nichols write the two-term mayor
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The Federal Aviation Administration will keep contractor-operated air traffic control towers at 149 airports open until June 15 as the agency is handling legal challenges from airports against closing the towers Closures
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The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday that 149 contract air traffic control towers will start closing April 7 as the agency implements $637 million in budget cuts under sequestration. Closures will take
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is resigning from his position and will not stay on for a second term in the cabinet, he announced in a blog post Tuesday. LaHood told readers he
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According to a GovExec report, six Cabinet positions could see changes for President Barack Obama’s second term, continuing a historical trend of turnover for two-term presidents. Sophie Quinton writes that on average,
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The Transportation Department is proposing stricter rules and increased fines for safety mishaps in the U.S. pipeline system, Russ Blinch reports for Reuters. According to the report, these new rules could serve
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States will receive $473 million to repair roads and bridges, money originally set aside for earmarks between fiscal years 2003 and 2006, the White House announced Friday. Spending bills for those years
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