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Feds award $420M for dam repairs and flood-control projects
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Thu,04/21/22-4:15PM , 518 Reads
The federal government said Thursday that will spend about $420 million to repair dams and develop flood control projects in dozens of states, marking the latest infusion of cash from a federal infrastructure law.
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Jim Schmersahl, owner of Halcyon Shades, poses with material used in making N-95 masks Friday, March 18, 2022, in University City, Mo. Halcyon is small company that normally makes window shades, but when the pandemic hit, its sales plummeted. Halcyon applied for the state grants to make PPE as a way to try to keep its employees at work and keep the company afloat. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Efforts to make protective medical gear in US falling flat
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Mon,04/11/22-9:13AM , 502 Reads
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the U.S., sales of window coverings at Halcyon Shades quickly went dark. So the suburban St. Louis business did what hundreds of other small manufacturers did: It pivoted to make protective supplies, with help from an $870,000 government grant.
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An attendant walks past a pump at a station selling gas at over $6 a gallon, Monday, March 7, 2022, in Los Angeles. Governors and state lawmakers across the U.S. are scrambling to provide relief from soaring prices at the gas pump. They are discussing ways to lower or suspended gas taxes, but taking that step has not proved easy, since much of that money goes toward repair of roads and bridges. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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Calls to suspend gas taxes across U.S. grow as prices surge
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Wed,03/09/22-2:26PM , 437 Reads
With gas prices at record highs across the U.S., an increasing number of governors and state lawmakers are calling for the suspension of gas taxes to provide relief to motorists who are facing the prospect of even higher pump prices as
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House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, is displayed on video screens as he speaks remotely following opening remarks from House Speaker Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, during the opening session of the Washington state House, Jan. 10, 2022, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. As lawmakers in some Democratic-led states meet remotely because of renewed COVID-19 concerns, their counterparts in many Republican-led legislatures are beginning their 2022 sessions with an aggressive push to outlaw vaccine requirements in workplaces and schools and roll back the government’s power to mandate pandemic precautions. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Partisan divide on COVID policy widens in state legislatures
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Wed,01/12/22-11:55AM , 302 Reads
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In Democratic-led Washington state, just four lawmakers were present in the 98-member House this week as they convened a mostly remote session with an abundance of caution.
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