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Permitting deal down to the wire as senators look to the exits

Senate negotiators expressed optimism over negotiations on legislation to overhaul the federal environmental permitting system, even as text remains elusive in what could be the final week in session before the midterm elections. This was expected to be a make-or-break week for a bill to streamline the process for greenlighting infrastructure projects, from…

Roll Call · Sep 23

Opposition To Data Centers In The U.S. Remains High. Dozens Of Projects Worth Billions Have Been Disrupted.

The projects are worth $68 billion, according to Data Center Watch.

International Business Times · Sep 21

Trump is talking with Senate's Thune about bill to cut data-center electricity costs

Earlier this week, the Republican-majority House of Representatives voted 417 to 3 in favor of the Ratepayer Protection Act, which would require state utility regulators to consider whether large electricity users, including data centers, should bear the incremental costs of power infrastructure built to serve them.

The Economic Times · Sep 19

Ratepayer bill aimed at data center buildout blocked in Senate

High-profile legislation amounting to lawmakers’ first real stab at addressing voter anger over data centers stalled in the Senate on Thursday after securing overwhelming support in the House a day earlier. Senate Energy and Natural Resources ranking member Martin Heinrich objected to a unanimous consent request by Sen. Jon Husted,…

Roll Call · Sep 17

Bill aimed at voter anger over data centers passes House

The House passed legislation Wednesday that would direct states to consider adopting federal standards for large-scale industrial power users, an attempt to address growing voter anger over the speed and scale of data center development. The bill passed 417-3 under suspension of the rules, a procedure that requires support from…

Roll Call · Sep 16

Trump’s call to rename New Mexico ‘New America’ is a distraction tactic, Democrats say

Amid unpopular Iran war and persistent inflation, governor says state has had its name since before US existed

The Guardian - US · Sep 8

Trump floated renaming New Mexico to ‘New America.’ But the state’s own governor says the name ‘isn’t up for debate’

New Mexico's governor accused him of trying to "distract" from Iran and gas prices

We Got This Covered · Sep 7

Kristi Noem's Airport Videos Ordered Removed as Mullin Rolls Back Her DHS Policies

The DHS has instructed the removal of videos featuring former secretary Kristi Noem from airports, as part of new secretary Markwayne Mullin's efforts to reshape the department's image.

International Business Times UK · Jul 7

How the National Mall’s other reflecting pool has avoided the green algae that overwhelmed Trump’s renovations

As the Trump administration struggles to deal with the persistent green algae at the newly-renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a body of water just a mile and a half away remains clear.

The Independent UK · Jun 27

Senators balk at Architect of the Capitol boost

The aging congressional campus urgently needs work, Architect of the Capitol Thomas Austin said Tuesday, warning of “system degradation and failure.”  As the deferred maintenance piles up, so do the costs and the risk to lawmakers and staff, he said. But Senate appropriators had a warning of their own: They…

Roll Call · May 12