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One year in, Biden's clean energy and climate agenda are in the balance
by
Andy Uhler
Jan 19, 2022
The bipartisan infrastructure bill’s passage was a win for the administration’s climate agenda, but many think Biden's commitment to climate policy lies at the feet of the Build Back Better bill.
The increased child care tax credit has ended — for now
Jan 17, 2022
The payments typically came through about this time, but not this month. Some families had come to depend on that extra money.
Biden administration pledges $1 billion to help small meatpackers compete
by
Justin Ho
Jan 4, 2022
Just four companies process the lion's share of meat. Critics say that means high prices for consumers and low prices for ranchers.
What makes federal infrastructure jobs "good-paying"?
Dec 6, 2021
The idea that federally funded construction projects must pay a minimum "prevailing wage" goes back to a 1931 law.
Checking the roads and bridges to grandmother's house
Nov 24, 2021
What will the infrastructure bill do for 60-year-old Putty Hill Avenue Bridge — which supports 17,000 vehicles daily — and similar sites?
Biden's release from petroleum reserve probably won't move gas prices
by
Andy Uhler
Nov 23, 2021
They're high because oil producers aren't ramping up supply quickly enough.
Biden seeks to keep Powell in place, elevate Brainard at Federal Reserve
Nov 22, 2021
Brainard will be nominated for vice chair. The two officials typically agree on monetary policy but sometimes diverge on regulation.
For public good, not for profit.
Biden administration auctions oil and gas leases on 1.7 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico
Nov 19, 2021
A court ordered the administration to resume the auctions it had suspended.
Biden administration considers its options as gas prices rise
by
Justin Ho
Nov 18, 2021
Officials are considering releasing oil from the strategic reserve. They’re also pushing the FTC to investigate possible price gouging.
The infrastructure bill is on the president’s desk. What’s in it for rural America?
Nov 15, 2021
Rural states with the most work to do on those fronts — like Alaska, Wyoming, Montana and Vermont — will receive the most funding per capita.