Cities in the Bay Area should work with the incoming Biden Administration to free up $100 billion in low-cost loans that can go to infrastructure projects, including rail and transit. The loans can be key to rebuilding and expanding transportation systems, according to a recent white paper from the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University. More importantly, there’s no need for new legislation: these funds can be put into play immediately by the new administration.
There is a growing national awareness of the critical importance of rebuilding our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. Delay increases a project’s costs and defers such economic benefits as new jobs, increased tax revenues, improved safety, and a cleaner environment. The Biden Administration can help solve these infrastructure needs without waiting for new legislation by making available tens of billions of dollars in financing for transportation infrastructure across the US. No further Congression
ksweeney@nujournal.com
NEW ULM It would take a heck of a big news story to knock the fact that funding was finally FINALLY appropriated for the Highway 14 expansion project from Nicollet to New Ulm from the top spot in The Journal’s Top Ten Local Story list. But that’s what COVID-19 did.
The worldwide pandemic loomed over New Ulm just as it did over the rest of the world. It has changed the way people work, the way they recreate, the way they celebrate holidays and family milestones and the way they send their kids to school. It has affected almost every aspect of people’s lives.
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December 18, 2020 By Jim Myers
Washington, D.C. Facing several significant deadlines, congressional leaders put aside their finger-pointing to work toward a compromise on another coronavirus relief package they hope to attach to a must-pass omnibus appropriations bill to keep the government open.
“Congressional leaders on both sides are going to keep working until we get it done,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said.
Both McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) reported progress on the effort.
That breakthrough occurred after they began focusing on elements that enjoy bipartisan support while putting the more contentious elements aside for now.
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State Agrees To Continue Free COVID-19 Testing In Hillsboro The Hill County Commissioners Court met in a regular session Tuesday morning, December 8, and discussed the continuation of free COVID-19 testing in Hillsboro along with other county business. Hill County Judge Justin Lewis said that the regional testing center has been an important resource for the general public, nursing homes, schools and others who need access to testing. Hillsboro s location on the I-35 corridor also made it an attractive site to the state as a regional testing center. County officials were recently informed that the site, which is operated by a contractor for the state, would close at the end of the year. Lewis said that he had been in contact with state officials, including Department of State Health Services Commissioner John Hellerstedt, to request that the site stay open.