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| June 22, 2021 | White Women Reap the Bulk of Minnesota’s DBE Dollars | The ratio is reflective of a national problem according to Sean Skibbie, interim director of civil rights and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). “White women tend to be, sometime ...Read more |
| June 16, 2021 | North Carolina's DOT is Encouraging DBE Firms to Compete for State Contracts | The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and their Office of Civil Rights is encouraging Disabled Business Enterprises (DBEs) to ...Read more |
| June 11, 2021 | South Bend Has Given Just 0.006% of Contracting Dollars to Minorities This Year | As Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tours the country promoting President Biden’s infrastructure proposal, South Bend continues to lag in minority business participation in city contractin ...Read more |
| May 27, 2021 | USDOT Announces $10 Million in Funding for Tribal Transit Projects | The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced on Wednesday that $10 million is available in competitive grant funding for Native authorities for use towards tra ...Read more |
| May 24, 2021 | New Jersey’s $1.8 Billion Bridge Project Sees Outreach to Hundreds of DBEs | Things are finally starting to push forward in the construction of the new $1.8 billion Portal North Bridge project. The more than 100-year-old bridge spans the Hackensack River in New Jersey ...Read more |
| May 20, 2021 | USDOT Expands Workforce Development Programs with Focus on Minorities | Training is often the biggest barrier to employment in the industry, and those who enter the program may use it as a bridge to entering the construction workforce. On Wednesday, Secretary of ...Read more |
| May 15, 2021 | Maryland DOT Scales Back Beltway Expansion Plan | The new proposal does away with lane expansions on the eastern part of I-495 and I-270 following criticism from environmental activists and local officials, the DCist ...Read more |
| May 3, 2021 | Illinois Port Construction Will Spawn 500 Union Jobs | The new inland port in the Alexander Cairo Port District will have other benefits for the Illinois economy as well. |
| April 30, 2021 | Tennessee Releases $2.5b Transportation Construction Plan | On Wednesday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the state’s Department of Transportation (TDOT) Commissioner Bill Clay Bright released a plan for 68 infrastructure projects. According to the ...Read more |
| April 27, 2021 | Nation’s Small Shipyards Get $20m Boost From Maritime Admin | The goal of the funding is to “strengthen U.S. shipyard economic competitiveness.” The funds will be administered through the Small Shipyard Grant Program, which has doled out $262.5 mill ...Read more |