Kentucky governor details six-year $8.65 billion transportation plan
Plan focuses on three areas: maintaining roads and bridges, executing new contracts, honoring past contract commitments
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Texas awards $41.2 million for water and wastewater projects
Projects include improving water treatment plants, building treatment systems and relocating water lines
Idaho invests $100 million in local transportation projects
Grants to help local jurisdictions defray local property taxes by mitigating impact of state highway projects on local roads or economically significant local projects
West Virginia invests $111 million for school construction, renovations
Spanning 19 counties statewide, FY 2024 funding provided by the West Virginia School Building Authority is state’s largest allotment of its kind since 2011
Oklahoma City planning $900 million arena for its NBA franchise
Contractor, design and architectural RFPs for the arena will be handled by Oklahoma City and will likely be issued sometime in 2024, spokesperson says
Wisconsin advances broadband connectivity with $140 million investment
Funds will help entities in the state construct or improve community buildings for internet access, purchase and install broadband equipment, and loan out Wi-Fi-enabled devices to those without access
How billions in funding is fueling shift to electric school buses
$5 billion is available now for school districts to convert buses to electric power. Transit buses are also eligible for funding
