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November 15, 2021

Tribes hope infrastructure law means they'll finally get clean drinking water - KGOU

Dot Thurby with some of the thousands of water bottles the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs distributes to members every day. Louie Pitt Jr. has a clear memory of a day four years ago when a valve broke on the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon. He was in a meeting with the tribal operations officer when she was interrupted by a phone call. "The worst situation I was talking about," she ...
November 15, 2021

Eight companies charged with violating Miss. No-Call Law - WLBT

New FCC regulations may have led to a reduction in robocalls, which fell from 87.6 million in Arizona in June to 84.2 million in July. But analysts say phone companies can, and should, do more to cut the number of spam calls. JACKSON, Miss. (WLOX) - Eight companies are being charged with violations of Mississippi’s No Call Law, according to the Public Service Commission. A joint investigation...
November 15, 2021

Eight companies charged with violating Miss. No-Call Law - WDAM

New FCC regulations may have led to a reduction in robocalls, which fell from 87.6 million in Arizona in June to 84.2 million in July. But analysts say phone companies can, and should, do more to cut the number of spam calls. JACKSON, Miss. (WLOX) - Eight companies are being charged with violations of Mississippi’s No Call Law, according to the Public Service Commission. A joint investigation...
November 15, 2021

Eight companies charged with violating Miss. No-Call Law - WLOX

New FCC regulations may have led to a reduction in robocalls, which fell from 87.6 million in Arizona in June to 84.2 million in July. But analysts say phone companies can, and should, do more to cut the number of spam calls. JACKSON, Miss. (WLOX) - Eight companies are being charged with violations of Mississippi’s No Call Law, according to the Public Service Commission. A joint investigation...
November 15, 2021

Auto insurance rates climb despite Louisiana's new tort reform law - Louisiana Illuminator

The Interstate 10 Horace Wilkinson Bridge is congested with traffic crossing the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge on Monday, Sept. 29, 2021. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator) Auto insurance rates have increased in Louisiana this year despite a new law that insurance companies and lobbyists said would lower payments. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said rates have climbed by an a...
November 15, 2021

Land-use fees set to increase to accommodate state law requiring organic material be recycled - The Bakersfield Californian

Land-use fees set to increase to accommodate state law requiring organic material be recycled  The Bakersfield Californian
November 15, 2021

Unite the Right organizer appeared to instruct followers to mislead law enforcement, court evidence suggests - The Washington Post

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Ahead of the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville four years ago, lead organizer Jason Kessler appeared to instruct supporters to mislead law enforcement, in communications presented in court on Monday. “If the police ask you how many people we have coming don’t tell them,” Kessler wrote in a July 18, 2017, Facebook message. “If they think we have more than 400 th...
November 15, 2021

Biden Signs $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Into Law - The New York Times

transcript Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill Into Law President Biden, surrounded by lawmakers from both parties, signed the $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law. The legislation marked a bipartisan victory, but fell short of Mr. Biden’s initial $2.3 trillion proposal. “OK, here we go.” “Yeah.” “Bravo. [applause] Thank you. Thank you, thank you. Democrats and Republicans can come together a...
November 15, 2021

Hawaii to get at least $2.8B from Biden's infrastructure law - Hawaii News Now

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - President Biden signed his $1T infrastructure bill with bipartisan support Monday, infusing money into public works projects across the nation. Hawaii’s senators say the new infrastructure measure will bring at least $2.8 billion in federal funding to Hawaii. Roughly $1.5 billion is slated to help update Hawaii’s highways with a focus on climate change mitigation in...
November 15, 2021

Key Portman, Shaheen Energy Efficiency Provisions Signed into Law in Bipartisan Infrastructure - Senator Rob Portman

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statements after key provisions from their bipartisan Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness (ESIC) Act were signed into law as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Portman and Shaheen were lead negotiators of the bipartisan infrastructure package that was signed into law ear...