Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has appointed Nancy Vehr interim director of the state Department of Environmental Quality following the retirement of longtime Director Todd Parfitt. Vehr, who has served as DEQ deputy director since May 2025, assumed the interim position Oct. 2. Before becoming deputy director, she led the agency’s Air Quality Division for nearly […]
Michigan is committing $89 million to clean up contaminated sediment and restore the Detroit and Kalamazoo rivers and other waterways across the state. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the Reclaim the Rivers initiative Oct. 1. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will oversee projects involving pollution […]
Texas’ newly adopted 10-year transportation plan keeps billions of dollars in highway work moving across the state, led by major freeway reconstruction projects in Houston and Dallas and a cluster of newly listed projects in high-growth Collin County. The Texas Transportation Commission adopted the 2027 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) in August, laying out a projected […]
Transportation contracting opportunities are emerging quickly as government officials turn their attention to one of the nation’s most persistent infrastructure problems – freight bottlenecks. On Oct. 1, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced $426 million in funding for infrastructure projects in 12 states through the Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects, or INFRA, program. […]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is accepting applications for up to $12 million in research and development funding for space photovoltaics, a specialized branch of solar technology used to power satellites, spacecraft, space stations, lunar missions and other systems operating beyond Earth’s atmosphere. The Space Photovoltaics Research and Development Partnership Intermediary Agreement is being […]
Nebraska’s Office of the CIO (OCIO) is planning to consolidate its cybersecurity capabilities through a cybersecurity information sharing and advisory center (ISAC), providing a centralized hub to share critical cyber threat data with public entities across the state. Cybersecurity threats are anticipated to rise and grow in sophistication with each passing year, driven by the […]
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) will deliver $369.1 million to support 195 local, rural and urban road and bridge improvement projects across the state. The awards derive from federal funding sourced through the Surface Transportation Program (STP) and the Local Bridge Improvement Assistance Program. Projects receiving awards will direct them toward improving more than […]