June 1, 2012

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This Week in Infrastructure: Bills, Quotes, Op-Eds

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Boxer, Hochtief AG, James Inhofe, Federal Reserve, California Department of Transportation, Infrastructure Bank, WateReuse Association, Natural Resource Defense Council, Professional Engineers, California State Business Transportation and Housing Agency, Inland Empire Waters Agencies, Meridiam Infrastructure, Reducing Lead in Drinking Water, East Bay Municipal Utilities District, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, Infrastructure, New Jersey, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Financial TImes, Scott Walker, Frank Rapoport, Gary Locke, Paul Bedard, Plumbing and Manufacturers Institute, Association Fo California Water Agencies, Presidio Parkway Project, Chris Christie, p3s, Alan Mulally, Golden Link Partners, Homeland Security, David Rothkopf, Bond Buyer, Barack Obama, American Water Works Association, Austan Goolsbee, Wisconsin, San Francisco County Transportation Authority, Janet Napolitano, Public-Private-Partnerships, Bernard Schwartz, Fox News, Ben Bernanke, Neil Cavuto, Ford Motor Company, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Forbes, Washington Whispers, California State Infrastructure Bank, US News, Stanton Hazelroth, Dale Bonner, Business News

BILLS AND PLANS Reducing Lead in Drinking Water S. 3973 Signed into Law 1/4/2011 Bipartisan Co-sponsorship Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Senator Jame...

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Wrongful Fatalities, Failed Worker Protections

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Massey Energy Co., Daniel Horowitz, U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration, Washington Department of Labor and Industry, David Michaels, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, American Petroleum Institute, Chemical Safety Board, Business Week, The Dying Miner, Woody Guthrie, Forbes, Osha, Explosion, Don Blankenship, Charleston Gazette, Wall Street, Refinery, Seattle Times, New York Times, Grover Norquist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine, Tesoro, Texas City, Upper Big Branch Mine, Coal Dust Explosion, Centralia Coal Co., Business News

When an explosion occurs at a refinery or mine that has been repeatedly fined for heath and safety violations, one question that ought to be asked is just how unexpected was the event.

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G-20 Diary: Hitting the Fan

Michelle Pilecki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Protests, Anarchists, G-20, Pittsburgh, Army Reserves, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New Jersey, Politics News

There's more inanity going on in Pittsburgh on the Post-Gazette's site, or any "news" outlet that likes to showcase violence than there is on the ground.

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John Grisham Book Upsets Pittsburgh University

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PITTSBURGH — Officials at Duquesne (doo-KAYN') University in Pittsburgh are upset that best-selling author John Grisham mentions the school in c...

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Murtha: Western PA "Racist" But Obama Should Win

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. John Murtha said Wednesday his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama's vic...

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Defense Spending Chair Rep. Murtha On Iraq: "We Have To Get Out. I Don't Think We Can Sustain It"...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Jerome L. Sherman | Posted 05.25.2011

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A few days after President Bush announced his plans to send 21,500 extra troops to Iraq, U.S. Rep. John Murtha picked up a copy of Sun Tzu's "The Art ...

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