Policy changes open new controversies related to “energy dominance,” transportation funding tied to birth rates and immigration “cooperation,” disappearing DEI programs among agencies and contractors—and tariffs.
The first modern Golden Age of federal public works investment involved building the nation-changing Interstate Highway System starting in 1956, declared finished in 1992. What many considered the second was developed by the Biden administration and authorized by Congress to renew transportation infrastructure and propel transition to.more energy sources—but its fate now is unclear.
Editor-in-Chief Scott Blair headed to the Los Angeles area when the wildfire that destroyed much of Altadena, Calif., was about 60% contained and damage assessment and recovery had begun.