Plan would counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative. President Biden is meeting with the G7 nations in Germany. He announced the launch of a partnership for global infrastructure,…
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Secretary Haaland Announces $9 Million for Sagebrush Preservation
Will support 40 projects spanning 175 million acres Secretary Deb Haaland announced this month that the Department of the Interior will be making a $9 million investment in…
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Federal Firefighters Receive Pay Raise
Administration also provides mental wellness and health support. President Biden’s administration announced last week that they will be giving federal wildland firefighters temporary pay raises and mental wellness…
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DOT Opens Competitive Bridge Investment Program
$2.4 billion is available for the 2022 fiscal year. Last week, the Department of Transportation announced that they have opened the application process for the Bridge Investment Program. Allocated…
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DOT Signs Self-Governance Program with Cherokee Nation
Decision-making agreement first of its kind. On Tuesday in Oklahoma, U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg represented the department at the signing of the first-ever Tribal Transportation Self-Governance…
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Congress Focuses on Rising Road Fatalities
House holds hearing and Senate sends DOT secretary a letter. The House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit conducted a hearing on Wednesday about ways to address America’s worsening…
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USDA Announces 2022 Great American Outdoors Act Funding
$503 million directed toward public land infrastructure maintenance. Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $503 million into infrastructure improvements for public…
Read MoreBuild America Bureau Financing Rural Road Safety Projects
The funding will support eight Oklahoma counties’ infrastructure projects. The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced financing for 49 percent of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) Rural…
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Administration Announces Railroad Infrastructure Grants
Funding could help inflation in shipping business. President Biden’s administration announced Thursday that it will be providing more than $368 million in railroad infrastructure grants Among the projects…
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Administration to Shore Up Food Supply System
USDA will invest more than $2.1 billion in funding. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced more than $2.1 billion in funding to shore up weaknesses in the nation’s…
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