All posts tagged "Infrastructure"

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) took to X on Friday to triumphantly announce the securement of $550 million to upgrade a bridge on I-10 from Mobile to Baldwin County — one of the largest federal grants ever given to an infrastructure project in Alabama.

"Proud to announce that the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project will be receiving a $550 million grant from the Department of Transportation," wrote Tuberville. "This is a HUGE WIN for Mobile, the state of Alabama, and the entire Southeast region."

There's just one problem, a number of commenters on social media noted: Tuberville voted against President Joe Biden's landmark bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that made this grant possible in the first place....

Former President Donald Trump killed a critical infrastructure project for New York City because of misgivings he had with then Gov. Andrew Cuomo, according to an excerpt from a forthcoming book penned by former Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa.

The book, What's Left Unsaid: My Life at the Center of Power, Politics & Crisis, depicts two massive egos clashing when Cuomo aimed his ire at the embattled president, the Wall Street Journal reported, after reviewing an excerpt.

Cuomo called the Trump administration's handling of the response to the coronavirus pandemic as "dysfunctional and incompetent” during the Democratic National Convention in August 2020. ...

The White House noted yesterday that if Republicans were really serious about job creation, we'd have local and state governments hiring and infrastructure humming.  Since Republicans are serious about creating only jobs with the word "Chief" in the start of the title, that's not going to happen, of course.