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Port infrastructure receives the highest grade, stormwater and transit the lowest as report authors say continued federal, state and local funding is necessary to continue improving the country's infrastructure.
State agencies, manufacturers, utilities and others are ramping heat pump adoption efforts, while a Washington state judge on March 21 revoked a passed ballot measure that aimed to retain natural gas use in the state building code.
But House committee members voiced strong support to keep agency in tact, saying a federal role in disaster response is vital, even as they called for changes in approach.
State DOT said even with 24/7 repair operation, some lanes won't reopen for weeks after three large voids emerged on heavily traveled highway link, as agency taps outside experts and awaits word on federal assistance.
Former chiefs of nine leading companies working in the U.S. and globally say the industry faces a more transactional environment that challenges ethical standards and could compromise corporate and practitioner accountability.