Everyone knows that Washington is broken. Reformers on the right want to cut useless programs, and reformers on the left want to streamline rules and procedures. But neither reform approach will ...

Too often, projects related to the 2021 federal infrastructure rebuilding effort were slow to move forward, weighed down by permitting processes, rising labor costs and other obstacles, a Washington, ...

WASHINGTON(AP) — The House approved legislation Thursday aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects that now take five or more years to complete, as lawmakers ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on June 10 reported approving another 529 infrastructure grants totaling more than $2.9 billion. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Federal ...

Key legislators introduced bipartisan legislation Friday in the hopes of succeeding where others have failed and revamping the federal environmental review process for infrastructure and energy ...

Republicans in the House advanced several permitting bills this week, fueling the bipartisan effort to pass significant reforms to the federal environmental review and approval process for energy and ...

The House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation Thursday to accelerate federal approvals of infrastructure and energy projects, a reform that has long been considered a “white whale” in ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — The state’s five-year plan for transportation infrastructure features billions of dollars ...