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Trump signs executive orders to begin second term, creating uncertainty for IIJA spending

January 31, 2025

Since assuming office last week, President Trump has signed several executive orders related to various policy topics, including energy, climate, and infrastructure. Among those actions is an executive order temporarily halting disbursement of remaining funds appropriated under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, as well as a related order to...

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Improve Minnesota Infrastructure with Capital Investment

January 23, 2025

ASCE Supports Minnesota Infrastructure Investment On Wednesday, January 21st, ASCE Members Hannah Albertus-Benham and Meredith Lis Marcott testified to the Capital Investment Committee of Minnesota’s State Senate. In their remarks – which you can watch here [starting at 1 hour, 33 minutes] – Albertus-Benham used Minnesota’s 2022 Report Card for Minnesota’s Infrastructure as a jumping-off...

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Montana’s infrastructure grade declines to a ‘C-’

December 13, 2024

Montana’s infrastructure is now ranked on par with the national infrastructure score, donning a ‘C-’ grade in the 2024 Report Card for Montana’s Infrastructure. ASCE’s Montana Section released its latest report today, which covers 14 categories of infrastructure and is a one-step decrease from the ‘C‘ the state received in its 2018 report. At a...

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Congress Announces 2024 WRDA Agreement

December 05, 2024

On Tuesday, the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee along with Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee announced they had reached an agreement on the 2024 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), Congress’s biennial legislation authorizing new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects.  Both the House and Senate passed their respective WRDA bills this summer,...

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Maine’s infrastructure grade improves to a ‘C’

December 04, 2024

Maine’s infrastructure is now ranked ahead of the national infrastructure score, donning a ‘C’ grade in the 2024 Report Card for Maine’s Infrastructure. This is one step ahead of the ‘C-‘ the nation received in the 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. ASCE’s Maine Section released its latest report today, which covers 16 categories of...

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Infrastructure Initiatives Supported at the Ballot Box

November 26, 2024

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the future of infrastructure funding in the 119th Congress and a second Trump administration, infrastructure performed incredibly well in state and local elections on November 5th. Across the United States, voters approved or renewed billions of dollars in funding. Below is a summary of some of the ballot infrastructure initiatives ASCE...

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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Celebrates Three-Year Anniversary

November 15, 2024

Today marks the three-year anniversary of the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the largest and most comprehensive federal infrastructure investment package in our nation’s history. The law allocated $1.2 trillion, including more than $500 billion in new funding, across each of the 18 categories of infrastructure outlined in ASCE’s 2021 Report...

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Mississippi’s infrastructure grade improves to a ‘C-’

November 14, 2024

Mississippi’s infrastructure now has a ‘C-’ grade according to the 2024 Report Card for Mississippi’s Infrastructure, which was released by ASCE’s Mississippi Section outside the State Capitol Building on November 14th. That grade is a one-step improvement over the ‘D+’ grade the state received in 2020 and matches the national grade from the 2021 Report...

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Congress Returns to Address Remaining Priorities in “Lame Duck” Session

November 14, 2024

This week, Congress returned from its extended recess following a hotly contested 2024 election.  As the clock winds down on the 118th Congress, Capitol Hill now turns its attention to addressing critical outstanding items before January 3rd when the new Congress will be sworn in.  The House and Senate will enter the final stretch of...

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Wisconsin’s infrastructure Report Card grade improves in 2024

September 17, 2024

On September 17th, the Wisconsin Section of ASCE released the 2024 Report Card for Wisconsin’s Infrastructure at the state capitol building in Madison. The Report Card evaluated 17 infrastructure categories, and Wisconsin’s infrastructure received a ‘C+’ grade, a one-step improvement over the 2020 Report Card. Twelve of the 17 categories evaluated on the Report Card...

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