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Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) today voted to support the Federal Water Quality Protection Act (S. 1140), bipartisan legislation that would direct the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw the flawed Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule and issue a revised proposal

Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) announced grant awards for Kane and Will Counties from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). “Ensuring stable, safe housing for all Americans should be one of our top priorities,” Foster said. “These funds will help us build strong communities, and provide a foundation for those in need to build a better life for themselves and their families.”

During floor debate today on H.R. 3763, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015, U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren (IL-14) secured a commitment from Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (PA-09) to work on directing federal transportation funding to suburban areas as the bill goes to conference to ensure a more equitable split among urban, suburban, and rural communities in the highway bill

Attorney General Sam Olens announced Tuesday that Georgia, along with 23 states filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to strike down the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new source performance standards (NSPS), which effectively prohibits the construction of new, coal-fired power plants

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued the following statement after today's Senate votes on two regulatory measures. The first was to move forward on the “Federal Water Quality Protection Act,” legislation to curb the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) regulation that expands the scope of federal authority over land and waterways in the U.S., commonly known as the Waters of the United States “WOTUS” rule.

Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) unanimously certifying the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report and approving the Golden State Warriors Event Center and Mixed-Use Development on Blocks 29-32 in Mission Bay South

Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) offered an amendment to the highway bill that was approved by the House of Representatives via voice vote. The amendment would expand a pilot program that eliminates duplicative regulatory reviews of highway projects

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will work with NOAA Fisheries over the next three years on plans to locate, protect and restore zones of cold water habitat for fish in the Columbia and lower Willamette Rivers

House Committee on Natural Resource Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in response to an editorial in the Wall Street Journal. “One of the harshest things that a government can do is to take away a citizen’s land and home. The fact that for 50 years the Land and Water Conservation Fund has been misused to jeopardize private property rights, a cornerstone of American freedom and prosperity, is a gross injustice.

Tom Woods, Chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Blue Springs, Mo., issued the following statement on the U.S. Senate’s vote not to invoke cloture of S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today urged Congress to pass two bills that would help ease regulatory burdens and uncertainties facing home building firms and other small businesses.

State and local leaders today announced a major financial boost to improve housing stock in Rutland County. State Treasurer Beth Pearce was joined by Rutland Mayor Chris Louras and Ludy Biddle of NeighborWorks of Western Vermont in announcing the availability of $1.75 million in lending capital for home rehabilitation loans and home purchasing assistance financing.

As part of an ongoing widespread investigation into wage theft at public works projects in New York City, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark G. Peters today announced the conviction and sentencing of Jagdish Singh and Navico B & S Construction Corp. (Navico) for underpaying wages and benefits to 5 workers at a publicly-funded New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) construction project in Queens by requiring wage kickbacks from employees. Singh, 57, was sentenced on his plea of Failure to Pay Wages

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that James P. Brown, Jr., a former Direct Service Assistant at the state run group home Melville Estates in Melville, was found guilty of violently punching a 53 year-old, severely impaired, intellectually disabled resident of the home in the face in February 2014. Melville Estates is a group home for developmentally disabled adults in Melville, NY. In a separate prosecution arising out of Melville Estates, Allexy Chambers admitted that in February 2014 while he was

WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 3, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — Volunteers and donations are needed for the upcoming Project Homeless Connect, which helps thousands of...

Gil C. Quiniones, New York Power Authority President and CEO, Richard Kauffman, Chairman, Energy and Finance, Office of the Governor, and John Rhodes, New York State Energy and Research and Development (NYSERDA) President and CEO, will announce the winners of the BuildSmart NY Innovators Awards and the Operations and Maintenance Acceleration Program (OMAP) Grant Competition

The Christie Administration today announced that the 29th Housing Recovery Information Session will be held Monday, November 2, 2015, in Neptune City, Monmouth County, to provide personal assistance for storm-affected homeowners participating in the Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation (RREM) Program and LMI Homeowners Rebuilding Program.

Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer issued the following statement on the building collapse incident at 25 West 38th Street earlier today

Mayor Ed Murray and King County Executive Dow Constantine have declared emergencies, and joined by Seattle City Councilmembers Mike O'Brien, Sally Bagshaw and John Okamoto, outlined new investments to respond to the growing crisis of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Seattle and King County.

“The design and configuration of the new system allows for desirable, natural material to pass through the dam’s spillway while allowing us to continue to remove unnatural debris from the river,” said Rich Castle, Consumers Energy’s natural resource administrator for hydro operations. “The new floating buoy will also be more visible to alert boaters they are nearing the actual dam.”