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On June 4th, Rep. John Olver (D-MA) led the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and...
Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released their stimulus project list. The first thing that comes to mind is that the Obama...
This week more than 70 Representatives sent a bipartisan letter to President Obama asking for his commitment to restoring Columbia and...
An independent cost estimate puts the price tag for the Knik Arm Crossing—a.k.a. Don Young’s Way—in Anchorage, Alaska at $686 million...
In case you missed it, the American Association of State and Highway Officials (AASHTO) earlier this week announced its proposal for a...
The Senate yesterday approved an $8 billion transfer from the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (the House passed the same measure...
Recently it was brought to our attention that Alaskans for Don Young has been running radio ads claiming that Taxpayers for Common Sense...
The Anchorage Daily News reports today that the state of Alaska will ask for an independent cost estimate of the Knik Arm bridge. This...
Last week, USA Today had a story about how the decline in miles traveled by America’s drivers, largely the result of historically high...
With the average price of a gallon of gasoline over $3.601 and diesel well over $4.002, it’s no surprise that political solutions to the...
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While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...
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