The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) recently received a $38.6 million federal grant to fund operating costs of the state’s newest passenger rail line. The grant will fund the first six years of operations for the Borealis trains, which launched in May 2024. These trains run daily between Minneapolis-St. Paul and Chicago, making eight stops […]
Maine has opened the application period for $272 million in federal funding that has been allocated for projects to expand high-speed internet access in unserved and underserved areas across the state. The funding – which is the largest grant in Maine’s history for internet expansion – is available through the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment […]
A new funding opportunity is looking to grow zero-emissions vehicle capabilities across multiple economic sectors including trucking and agriculture. The U.S. Department of Energy is investing in next-generation vehicle technologies, announcing up to $88 million in new funding for research and development projects spanning electric vehicles, batteries and agricultural transportation. The funding, announced through DOE’s […]
A new public-private partnership (P3) in Las Vegas will break ground on a facility to address homelessness in southern Nevada, advancing a broader national shift to provide all-inclusive services to the unhoused across the country. The Campus for Hope is a proposed all-in-one housing facility that will not only address the root causes of homelessness […]
The city of Rochester, New York, is receiving federal funding to reconnect its neighborhoods to downtown. The $100 million funding for the Inner Loop North Transformation Project comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Reconnecting Communities program (RCP). The program’s goal is to reconnect communities harmed by past transportation infrastructure decisions. The Inner Loop North […]
A memo issued by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) calls for a freeze on all federal assistance in order to review agency program spending. The memo, issued by acting OMB director Matthew J. Vaeth and obtained by Politico, directs federal agencies to temporarily pause all activities related to the obligation or […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) is allocating $1.4 billion in funding to research and develop advanced packaging and enable new technologies that reinforce national leadership in semiconductor manufacturing. The federal funding, part of the CHIPS for America agenda, looks to establish domestic capacity for advanced semiconductor packaging and accelerate the development of these technologies […]