The Hill » The nation’s governors are increasingly hopeful that a sweeping infrastructure package is possible this year after White House talks that even some of President Trump’s harshest critics called surprisingly productive. Governors who met this weekend in Washington almost universally said they were disappointed in the lack of action by a divided Congress. But they […]
The New York Times » California’s newly installed governor, Gavin Newsom, in his first major address to lawmakers this month, sent the project into disarray. The governor announced that the project, which was expected to connect the Central Valley to Silicon Valley, would be dramatically scaled back because of exorbitant costs.
Route Fifty — President Trump urged governors on Monday to press congressional lawmakers for a significant infrastructure bill, legislation that has proven to be elusive despite the president identifying it as one of his priorities throughout his time in office.
Los Angeles Times » Environmental restrictions limit the amount of water that can be pumped into southbound aqueducts. Moreover, there aren’t many places to store the water and reservoirs are filling up fast. The principal answer to the pumping problem is highly controversial. It’s the long-debated tunnel proposal for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.