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Texas received a "C" grade on its Infrastructure Report Card, the White House document said. The partial shutdown of the Sidney Sherman Bridge over the Houston Ship Channel got us wondering about how often Texas bridges are inspected. We found out it only happens every two years on average. Author: Haley Williams (KIII) Updated: 8:32 AM CDT April 12, 2021 TEXAS, USA — The White House has released state-by-state breakdowns of infrastructure needs in the United S...

The Biden administration pointed to Rhode Island’s infrastructure receiving a C- grade on its Infrastructure Report Card. The highest grade went to Utah, which rated a C-plus. The lowest grade, D-minus, went to Puerto Rico.  Rhode Island’s roads, bridges, public transportation, drinking water, housing, broadband, clean energy, child care, veterans and seniors would all see federal investment under President Biden’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure package, the White House claimed Mond...

As part of its ongoing effort to sell its big new national infrastructure plan — “The American Jobs Plan,” the Biden administration has prepared fact sheets on the kind of assistance the proposal would bring to each state. The White House reports that “additional issue-based fact sheets will be released in the coming days and weeks. Fact sheets on how the American Jobs Plan Advances Racial Equity and the American Jobs Plan Supports Rural America have been released in recent weeks.” Th...

Arkansas and the Biden infrastructure plan Arkansas and the Biden infrastructure plan JOE BIDEN Phil Roeder via Creative Commons In an effort to sell President Biden’s expansive $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan, the White House has released a “fact sheet” for each state that details needs and how they would be addressed under the plan. See the one for Arkansas below. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said this weekend t...

The figures in the state summaries paint a decidedly bleak outlook for the worlds largest economy after years of repairs being deferred and delayed.

By Spectrum News Staff Worcester PUBLISHED 1:30 PM ET Apr. 12, 2021 PUBLISHED 1:30 PM EDT Apr. 12, 2021 SHARE MASS. - The Biden White House released state-by-state breakdowns of its $2.3 trillion infrastructure package that show the dire shape of roads, bridges, the power grid and housing affordability. The White House says Massachusetts ear...

Utah gets C+ infrastructure grade: Heres what the White House says needs change © Provided by KUTV Salt Lake City The Biden administration released a state-by-state infrastructure breakdown that shows the dire shape of roads, bridges, power and housing affordability.   This comes as President Joe Biden is set to speak with Republican and Democrat leaders Monday about his $2.3 trillion infrastructure package.  Utah got a C+ grade on its Infrastructure Report Card because its "suffered from ...

Biden tells Republicans and Democrats he IS prepared to negotiate terms of his $2T infrastructure plan and denies claims his bipartisan White House meeting is window dressing President Joe Biden said hes prepared to negotiate with Republicans on his $2.7 trillion infrastructure package during Oval Office meeting Im prepared to negotiate, he said  Biden met with four GOP lawmakers - along with four Democratic ones He denied meeting was window dressing  Plan includes funds for more than 20,000 ...

The White House has released state-by-state fact sheets to highlight the nationwide need for the American Jobs Plan.

[co-author: Tony Meyer] On March 31, 2021, the White House released a factsheet describing the “American Jobs Plan”, a $2.3 trillion proposal for infrastructure spending that also contains certain significant tax credits, and the “Made in America Tax Plan”, a tax proposal that would generate revenue to pay for the American Jobs Plan spending. The White House estimates that the Made in America Tax Plan will raise $2 trillion in tax revenue over the next 15 years. The Made in America Tax ...