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Matt Sledge

Infrastructure Problems In U.S. Go Far Beyond Dollars

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Infrastructure Bank, Infrastructure, Obama Infrastructure, Toll Roads, Video, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Economic Stimulus Package, Asce, Chris Gregoire, Columbia River Crossing, Michael Mandel, Grand Parkway, User Fees, American Society of Civil Engineers, Politics News

NEW YORK -- When travelers from abroad come to this city, the financial and cultural capital of the world's richest nation, two dilapidated and depres...

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States With The Most Deficient Bridges

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: U.S. Infrastructure, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, President Barack Obama, National League of Cities, Jobs, American Jobs Act, Federal Highway Administration, Center for American Progress, American Society of Civil Engineers, Business News

If the president's jobs act were to pass, the subsequent infrastructure investment might become a bridge to work for many of the country's unemployed....

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Yepoka Yeebo

Infrastructure Improvements 'Key To Recovery' Report Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Nancy McLernon, Infrastructure, American Global Competitiveness, Recovery, Dartmouth College, Matthew Slaughter, Minnesota Bridge Collapse, Organization for International Investment, Building Competitiveness -- American Jobs, Infrastructure Report Card, American Infrastructure, Tuck School of Business, Stimulus, Recession, American Society of Civil Engineers, Business News

The U.S. needs to improve crumbling infrastructure to boost the recovery, according to a report released on Tuesday. The report comes as federal ef...

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Why We Can't Afford to Give New York's Richest a Tax Break

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Infrastructure, Mass Transit, Schools, Millionaire's Tax, Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York News
John Petro

As protesters demanding the extension of the millionaire's tax descend on Albany, Cuomo and the state Senate Republican leadership have held firm on their desire to cut taxes for the state's wealthiest.

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A Teen's Third World America

Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: E.J. Montoya, Asce, Infrastructure, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Third World America, Education, Native Americans, Native American Community Academy, Santa Ana Pueblo, Twa, American Society of Civil Engineers, Naca, Politics News

In the next five years, the American Society of Civil Engineers http://www.asce.org/ estimates that the United States will have to spend more than one...

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Top 10 List for 2010: Infrastructure

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Building Americas Future, p3s, Felix Rohatyn, Infrastructure Bank, Afl-Cio, National Construction Alliance, Campaign for America's Future, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Barack Obama, American Society of Civil Engineers, Chris Matthews, Sputnik, Hardball, Infrastructure, Ed Rendell, Rachel Maddow, Public-Private-Partnerships, John Kerry, Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, Policy Link, Bernard Schwartz, Rosa DeLauro, Stimulus Act, BLS Investments, US Chamber of Commerce, North Carolina, Seiu, Business News
Michael Likosky

1. Top Huffington Post Blog Chris Matthews: "Infrastructure as Monument" 2. Top Presidential Speech President Obama: "Our Generation's Sputnik Mome...

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Infrastructure: The Best Bargain In The U.S. Economy

washingtonpost.com | Ezra Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Spending, Infrastructure, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Ezra Klein, Infrastructure Investment, Unemployment, Federal Aviation Administration, Roads, Construction, Schools, American Society of Civil Engineers, Business News

People say that the government should be run more like a business. So imagine you are CEO of the government. Your bridges are crumbling. Your schools ...

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An Infrastructure Bank: Reinvesting in America

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Labor Day, Clean Energy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wall Street Journal, Infrastructure, Ed Rendell, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Economic Stimulus Package, General Motors, Bailout, Janesville-Wisconsin, Rosa DeLauro, Broadband, Financial Regulation, Pension Funds, Batteries, Building Americas Future, Build America Bonds, p3s, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Michael Bloomberg, Christopher Dodd, Livable Communities, Chuck Hagel, San Francisco Bay Bridge, Barack Obama, American Society of Civil Engineers, Transportation, Iraq War, Public-Private-Partnerships, Labor Union, Milwaukee, Warren Buffett, High Speed Rail, McKinsey Global Institute, Politics News
Michael Likosky

On Labor Day, President Obama announced a National Infrastructure Bank to direct our reinvestment in American infrastructure. In doing so, he returned...

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Ed Rendell: Hardest Working Man in Infrastructure

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gilded Age Railroads, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, p3s, National Infrastructure Bank, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Building America's Future, Meet the Press, National Governors Association, Council on Competitiveness, American Society of Civil Engineers, Stephen Goldsmith, Rachel Maddow Show, Public Works, Howard Dean, Clean Energy Bank, Governor Ed Rendell, Public-Private Partnership, NGA Strengthening Our Infrastructure for a Sustainable Future Initiative, European Investment Bank, Mckenna Long & Aldridge, Politics News
Michael Likosky

Governor Rendell has been a tireless advocate of an infrastructure-driven recovery within the NGA and also as co-leader of Building America's Future.

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Retro-Hooverites All

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, President Barack Obama, Tom Delay, George W. Bush, Phil Gramm, Alan Greenspan, Infrastructure Crisis, Republican Party, Arthur Laffer, American Society of Civil Engineers, Herbert Hoover, Republicans, Economic Crises, Hooverites, Congress Stimulus, U.S. Economy, Obama Stimulus, Economy, Economic Crisis, Obama Economy, Obama Stimulus Plan, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The Republicans voted against their country today. Their fellow citizens needed them to act on their behalf and instead they chose to abandon them. Theirs is an ersatz patriotism.

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