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Driving Off the Fiscal Cliff

December 12, 2012 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

Congressional leaders and Obama Administration officials continued to meet behind closed doors the past several weeks in order to come to a compromise on the fiscal cliff. Many in Washington are speculating the possibility that the federal gas tax may be reexamined as a revenue...

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Tags: congress, economics, infrastructure

Save America's Infrastructure Gives Thanks

November 21, 2012 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

This Thursday, families across the country will sit down and give thanks for good fortunes they’ve encountered this past year. Members of our office and the infrastructure community in general have reason to be thankful for a great many things that occurred this past year...

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Tags: infrastructure

2012 November Ballot Initiatives

November 9, 2012 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

This past Tuesday, voters across the country went to the polls and let their voices be heard.  Voters in 39 states were asked to decide 188 ballot propositions – the most since 2006. ASCE members in 5 states -Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Maine and Oklahoma were...

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Get Out The Vote (for Infrastructure Initiatives)

November 5, 2012 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

Voting is the most important part of the election process.  On Election Day, elected officials find out if their constituents believe they’re doing a satisfactory job, or not. This year on Election Day make sure you get out to vote. On November 6, as you...

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Tags: elections

The Clean Water Act Turns 40!

October 18, 2012 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

The Clean Water Act is 40 years old this week, and we are all so much better for it because it. As we near the end of 2012, we can look back and say we’ve made remarkable progress on cleaning up the nation’s waters. Forty years...

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Tags: clean water act, congress, infrastructure, sustainability, water infrastructure

Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority Up For Renewal on November 6th

October 15, 2012 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

On November 6th, our country will face many difficult decisions about its future. However, one issue in Colorado Springs, CO is not difficult whatsoever: the renewal of the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority (PPRTA). Question 5A asks voters in El Paso County, Colorado to approve...

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Tags: economics, state report cards, transportation