Former contractor Louis Ciminelli pleads to one count of wire fraud, was ordered to forfeit $1.6 million and paid a $250,000 fine, with two N.Y. developers and a former state academic chief also agreeing to deal.
ABC’s December backlog uptick hints at steadier pipelines, but underlying data show uneven momentum across firm sizes as contractors navigate rates, labor pressures and starts.
A draft environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Reclamation outlines post-2026 Colorado River dam operations, assessing coordination, reliability and infrastructure risk in an era of persistent drought.
Administration directs each U.S. agency to develop its own regulations to for assess project environmental impacts in finalized NEPA law rulemaking, with concerns raised of federal inconsistency.