Stretching Dollars for Water Infrastructure Investment
States and communities across the country are faced with serious challenges of an aging and inadequate water infrastructure. The number of water main breaks across the country is staggering: at 240,000 per year, and wasting over two trillion gallons of treated drinking water. The direct cost of these leaks is estimated at about $2.6 billion per year. …
Read the full article here»
|
Infrastructure Plan Prompting Skepticism in Many Quarters
President Trump’s State of the Union speech and an outline of his infrastructure package produced no shortage of opinions about what the administration has in mind for one of his major policy priorities. …
Read the full article here »
|
Pennsylvania Legislature Must Redraw Congressional Maps
 The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling that the state’s 2011 Congressional redistricting plan constitutes an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. This is the fourth court in a relatively short period of time to rule that partisan gerrymandering may be unconstitutional. …
Read the full article here »
|
