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President's Budget Includes Funding For Two LACMTA Projects

by Kevin Sheys | Nossaman LLP on 4/18/2013

Possibly lost in the shuffle of the rollout last week is the news that the President’s budget proposal (PDF) includes $130 million to help fund two significant transit system improvements in Los Angeles, the Regional...more

Proposed 2014 Budget Encourages Private Investment in Infrastructure

by Frederic Ballard, Jr., Scott Cockerham, Charles Henck | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/15/2013

This week, the Obama administration released its proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year. Notably, the budget encourages private investment in infrastructure projects through various liberalizations of the tax laws relating...more

President Obama Proposes Plan To Encourage Private Investment in Infrastructure

by Kurt Anderson, Steve Park, Brian Walsh | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/5/2013

President Obama recently announced the Rebuild America Partnership plan (RAPP), a bipartisan effort focused on rebuilding the nation’s aging infrastructure and driving economic growth. Through RAPP, the President proposes to...more

Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House 3-22-13

by Avery T. Day, John D. Delahanty, Andrea Cianchette Maker | Pierce Atwood LLP on 3/25/2013

In This Issue: - Governor Does Not Act on Veto Threat - Appropriations Committee Continues Public Hearings on Biennial Budget - Governor Explores Medicaid Expansion - Legislature Gets a Snow Day - Governor...more

New Iran Sanctions Enacted

by Sammi Malek, Melvin Schwechter | BakerHostetler on 1/16/2013

Satellite Export Controls Now Eligible to be Returned to Commerce Department Jurisdiction - On January 3, 2013, President Obama signed into law Public Law No. 112-239, the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of...more

The Delightfully Brief, Pithy and Wholly Idiosyncratic Video Newsletter - January 2013, Vol. 1, Edition 1

by John A. C. Cartner on 1/3/2013

A Billion Here or There - Now that the President has another four years and the budget chasm is before the country. The so-called fiscal cliff comes. Of the many ways to save money, the Congress has chosen the meat...more

2012 Legislative Update Summary of Changes in School Law

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 8/29/2012

The following is a summary of the 2012 legislative changes affecting school districts. Click here for a pdf of the entire summary or click the links below to review the specific topics (see full alert for pdf and links). To...more

Investing in Georgia - Economic Development Newsletter - July 2012

by King & Spalding on 7/12/2012

In This Issue: Recent Developments: - Transparency in Government. Georgia's laws regarding the transparency of government meetings and records had become a jumble of statutes, court opinions and lore that were...more

Obama Signs Transportation Bill

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/12/2012

After signing a one-week extension to prevent the original, continually extended 2009 transportation authorization bill from expiring on June 30, President Obama finally signed a new transportation bill into law on Friday,...more

Capital Thinking Update - July 9, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 7/10/2012

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture - Budget, Approrpriations - Cybersecurity - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services - International, Defense, Homeland Security -...more

Legislature Meets First Committee Deadline

by Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 3/19/2012

The Minnesota Legislature had a busy week at the Capitol, working to meet their first deadline. The deadline for committees to act favorably on bills in the house of origin is midnight on Friday. Committees must act favorably...more

Gov. McDonnell: No Devolution Without Money to Pay for It

by Sands Anderson PC on 12/28/2011

As an update to the December 13, 2011 blog post on VaLocalityLaw, “Devolution: Will Virginia Pass its “Neglected,” “Crumbling” Highway System on to Local Governments?” Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has stated his...more

Investing in Georgia: Economic Development Newsletter - June 2011

by King & Spalding on 6/1/2011

Welcome to King & Spalding's economic development news bulletin,Investing in Georgia. In this edition, you will find: News about the Georgia Supreme Court's ruling on “commission” charter schools; a Federal Reserve Bank...more

Federal Clean Energy Policy Summaries: Key Updates from the Past Few Weeks

by Mintz Levin on 10/7/2009

Energy and Climate Legislation Senate 9/28/09 Bingaman Hearings May Open Door to Cap-And-Trade Alternatives Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) held an Energy & Natural Resources Senate Committee hearing on climate...more

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