Senate panel plans hearing on $3.3-billion proposal, including $1.9 billion for design and construction.

Months of waiting are over as President Trump has finally laid on the table a detailed outline of his long-promised infrastructure investment plan, which the administration says will produce at least $1.5 trillion for transportation, water and other projects over 10 years and trim federal project permitting time to no more than two years. 

Potential benefits range from a 20% reduction on qualified income to more than a doubling of the estate-tax exclusions

Plan calls for $200B in direct spending, aiming to spur more than $1T in state, local and private matching funds.

How a contract clause threw an important Minneapolis transportation project into turmoil.

Speeding up the notoriously slow-moving Superfund program appears to be a priority for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt as he looks to revamp the entire agency.