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Water Projects

California Drought Plan Outlines Billions in Water Infrastructure

August 12, 2022

Gov. Gavin Newsom's new water management strategy calls for desalination plants, reservoirs and groundwater recharge facilities to meet future shortfalls.

Water Resources

Draft Impact Report Details Massive Calif. Water Diversion Project

Jim Parsons

July 28, 2022

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Controversial plan moves forward to build a 45-mile-long tunnel to draw water from the Sacramento River into the state's supply network.

Environmental Cleanup

Hawaii Regulators Reject Navy Plan to Drain Leaking Fuel Storage Site

Officials aim to defuel Red Hill Facility on Oahu by 2024

Jim Parsons

July 21, 2022

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Plan to defuel the massive Red Hill facility on Oahu, which last year contaminated the local water supply, lacks key information to be approved.

Stadium Construction

Hawaii Gov. Approves Funds to Build a New Aloha Stadium

Original stadium has been plagued with maintenance issues and was closed in 2020

Greg Aragon

July 14, 2022

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Hawaii's Aloha Stadium, which has been closed since 2020, will be torn down for a new entertainment district and stadium.

Water & Dams

Feds' Snake River Dams Reports Projects Costs of Removal Plan

Biden administration releases studies tied to breaching proposals for Washington state dams

James Leggate

July 13, 2022

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Washington state is weighing controversial proposal to breach four lower dams to boost recovery of threatened salmon populations, with potential cost in billions to replace their power generation.

Ports

Alaska OKs Funds for $1.85B Port Upgrade, Other Projects

James Leggate

July 11, 2022

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The state capital budget and a new law clear more than $400 million for projects in Anchorage, Nome and Seward.

Legal

Worker Accuses Skanska, Balfour Beatty of Race Bias on Microsoft Project

James Leggate

June 29, 2022

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An African-American journeyman laborer says he encountered racism from other workers on tech company modernization project at its large Redmond, Wash., campus.