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The Texas Advanced Nuclear Development Fund is the largest state-led nuclear investment for advanced-reactor construction and supply-chain work, says Gov. Greg Abbott.

Changes aim to curtail scope of legacy ash storage site cleanups, allow states to set more site-specific standards and alter rules for “beneficial" use in manufacturing materials such as cement and drywall.

Former plant dump site in Ringwood was deemed safe after a $21.2M cleanup ordered in 2020, but a New York University study last year said it remained a public health risk. 

NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill scrapped the original controversial $10.7B twin-span bridge build in tight urban area advanced by her predecessor after local opposition.

But Congress has final budget authority to determine how proposed cuts to state water programs, transit grants and clean energy programs, and a steep rise in defense spending, will fare..

Selected to meet critical South Bay reliability needs, projects will add 17 miles of infrastructure between two existing substations, including a 12-mile underground section.

Alleged perpetrators described as 'Air Force members.' 

The scale and prominence of the Sagamore and Borne Bridge rebuilds in Massachusetts has attracted inquiries from across the country. 

Revoli Construction was cited for seven willful violations, 33 repeat violations and 17 serious violations after fatal Yarmouth, Mass., cave-in, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor.

Despite lawmakers' action, funding levels overall are barely a drop in the bucket and must be used more "strategically" in smaller projects for better preparedness and protection, said one industry expert.