The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas approved a consent decree between the city of Houston, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the State of Texas to improve Houston’s wastewater system. Under the decree, an estimated $2...
The Texas Transportation Commission approved the Texas-Mexico Border Transportation Master Plan (BTMP) on March 25 that forecasts strong economic growth but cautions that border infrastructure improvements are needed to avoid crossing times rising to unmanageable...
Dallas councilmembers on March 24 adopted a resolution allowing Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) to apply for $800 million or more in federal funding to support the $1.7 billion D2 Subway project. The approval is a re-upping of DART’s 2017 agreement with the city....
The U.S. Department of Education announced on March 17 that State Educational Agencies (SEAs) and school districts in Texas are set to receive a total of $12.41 billion from the $121.97 billion in federal aid allocated to education in the American Rescue Plan (ARP)....
Beating its deadline by several weeks, a major cruise line committed to starting construction in April on a new $100 million cruise terminal to serve one of the largest cruise ships in the world at the Port of Galveston. Through a public-private partnership, the...
