Nearly 89,000 Minnesota homes and businesses could receive high-speed broadband service through the state’s $652 million federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) allocation. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development’s Office of Broadband Development concluded its prequalification phase and will open three subgrantee selection rounds for BEAD grants this spring and summer, with […]

The Texas A&M University (TAMU) System Board of Regents has unanimously voted to appoint Glenn Hegar to succeed John Sharp as the system’s chancellor.    Glenn Hegar currently serves as the Texas comptroller, originally elected to the role in November 2014. As comptroller, Hegar operates as Texas’ chief financial officer, treasurer, check writer, tax collector, […]

Dekalb County, Georgia, is making the largest investment for water and sewer infrastructure in county history, upgrading critical water systems, improving distribution and enhancing quality-of-life for residents. The county’s Board of Commissioners is proposing a new Water and Sewer Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for fiscal years 2025-2034, seeking to guide Dekalb’s infrastructure spending over the […]

California is announcing a first-in-the-nation program and web platform that streamlines affordable housing development throughout the state. The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Department of General Services (DGS) are launching the renewed Excess Sites Program to retroactively connect housing developers with state-owned land plots suitable for affordable housing construction. The […]

Provincial governments across Canada have launched measures to hit back at the tariffs that have been placed on their country. U.S. businesses will be impacted as governmental entities banned American contractors from their procurement processes after President Donald Trump’s announcement of 25% tariffs on most Canadian goods.   President Trump on Thursday postponed the implementation of some tariffs […]

Utah is exploring the possibility of a new town development on roughly 50 acres of land in Park City’s Kimball Junction. The Utah lieutenant governor’s office is announcing a feasibility study into the Park City Tech initiative, a public-private partnership proposing a preliminary municipality for a 725-unit housing development near Park City. The feasibility study […]

A major transportation investment in New Mexico is another step closer to approval. The legislation authorizing $1.5 billion in transportation bonds easily cleared the House Appropriations and Finance Committee, as well as the Transportation, Public Works and Capital Improvements Committee, before securing unanimous approval from the House of Representatives. The proposed legislation addresses the state’s […]