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PublishedJune 30, 2021
Pete Buttigieg doles out transport grants, including to Maine, with eye toward climate
The Maine Department of Transportation is to receive $45 million to replace 14 aging highway bridge decks.
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PublishedJune 25, 2021
Key Republican senators balk at terms of Biden’s infrastructure deal
The president’s vow to essentially veto or refuse to sign the bipartisan accord without the companion package being negotiated by Democrats was an additional step that throws the process into doubt.
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PublishedJune 24, 2021
Biden praises $953 billion bipartisan infrastructure deal as a good start
Among the group that reached the agreement was Maine's Sen. Susan Collins, one of 10 lawmakers who met with the president.
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PublishedJune 23, 2021
Senators to brief Biden on infrastructure ‘framework’ after potential breakthrough in negotiations
'There's still details to be worked out,' Sen. Susan Collins says, but lawmakers and White House aides believe major progress was made Wednesday.
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PublishedJune 21, 2021
Paid in full? Biden, Republicans struggle over infrastructure costs
Both parties say the the deal should be paid for and not add to the national debt.
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PublishedJune 17, 2021
Democrats preparing infrastructure plan that extends to Medicare, immigration
The Biden administration is embarking on a 2-pronged strategy: reviewing a nearly $1 trillion plan from a group of 21 senators, including 11 Republicans, while pursuing their own priorities in a more substantial package.
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PublishedJune 16, 2021
Maine lawmakers approve new broadband agency
Gov. Janet Mills is expected to sign a bill to create the Maine Connectivity Authority, which would oversee investing tens of millions of dollars for high-speed internet.
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PublishedJune 10, 2021
Maine roads to go unpainted because of national resin shortage
The state has less than half the white and yellow road paint it typically gets in a year and will not restripe low-priority roads.
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PublishedJune 9, 2021
For infrastructure deal, Biden eyes ‘multiple paths forward’
The president has started new talks with a bipartisan group of 10 senators working on a deal and welcomed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan effort from a group in the House.
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PublishedJune 8, 2021
Biden ends Republican infrastructure talks, starts bipartisan push
The breakdown comes as the 2 sides fail to broker the divide over the scope of the president's sweeping infrastructure investment and how to pay for it.
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