Published: September 29, 2011
Tags: 2011-finances, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Arizona, Boulder City, Federal Highway Administration, Hoover Dam, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, National Conference of State Legislators, Nevada, Pew Center, Rep. John Mica, Robert Atkinson, Sen. Barbara Boxer, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Tony Dorsey
The Hoover Dam, one of the world’s great engineering feats, is marred by roads with traffic so jammed along the Nevada-Arizona border that it tells a different story about the political will to maintain 21st century infrastructure.
Published: March 17, 2010
Tags: Arizona, Arizona Department of Housing, California, California Housing Finance Agency, Florida, Florida Housing Finance Corp., foreclosure, Hass School of Business, housing finance agencies, Michigan, Nevada, Obama administration, U.S. Treasury Department's Fund for Hardest Hit Housing Markets, University of California at Berkeley
By Bob Christie AP Writer Phoenix — The five states hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis have been given only weeks to plan how to spend $1.5 billion in federal money announced by the Obama administration last month. Guidelines issued under the U.S. Treasury Department’s Fund for Hardest Hit Housing Markets on March 5 gave [...]
Published: July 30, 2009
Tags: Army Corps of Engineers, Congress, economic stimulus, energy spending bill, Essential Air Service, Highway Trust Fund, mass transit, Nevada, nuclear waste, power plants, Transportation, Washington Metro, Yucca Mountain
Adrian Sainz AP Real Estate Writer Miami — They’re lurking, holding bags of cash and eyeing distressed condo markets. Big-time cash investors are snapping up South Florida condo units in bulk. There have been at least seven purchases of 10 or more condos this year, including four since June, according to county records. Investors are [...]
Published: July 30, 2009
Tags: Army Corps of Engineers, Congress, economic stimulus, energy spending bill, Essential Air Service, Highway Trust Fund, mass transit, Nevada, nuclear waste, power plants, Transportation, Washington Metro, Yucca Mountain
Andrew Taylor AP Writer Washington — The U.S. Senate passed a $34.3 billion energy spending bill that backs up President Barack Obama’s promise to close the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada. The bill also covers hundreds of Army Corps of Engineers water projects. The Yucca Mountain project 90 miles from Las Vegas was [...]
Published: July 24, 2009
Tags: bid, California, contractors, Florida, homebuilder, Nevada, unlicensed
Brendan Farrington AP Writer Jacksonville, FL — When homebuilder Bob Liddell noticed the decline in the housing market more than three years ago, he supplemented his business with home remodeling. But he ran into a different problem — competing with unlicensed contractors. He estimated he lost about $200,000 in business during the last year and [...]
