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| April 7, 2022 | SBA Ramps Up Women-Centered Services | The SBA has announced that they now have Women’s Business Centers in all 50 states in addition to Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico. The announcement comes following the opening of the admini ...Read more |
| March 28, 2022 | USDOT Announces FY23 Budget of $142b, New Strategic Plan | The total figure of $142 billion includes an additional $37 billion in advanced appropriations from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. “The investments in the President’s Budget make trav ...Read more |
| March 9, 2022 | Fed Grants Milwaukee-Chicago Rail $31.8m to Double Passenger Transport | The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) announced on Wednesday a federal grant worth $31.8 million for “station and rail segment ...Read more |
| February 9, 2022 | Chicago Transit Authority Awarded $912m American Rescue Plan Grant | The CTA has been given this grant to help the agency to recover from the effects of the pandemic. |
| January 28, 2022 | USDOT Announces $1.5b Available in RAISE Grants | USDOT has posted a Notice of Funding Opportunity, or NOFO, for $1.56 billion in grants through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant prog ...Read more |
| January 17, 2022 | DOE & US Navy Send Off Hi-Tech Nuclear Railcar for Testing | The Rail Escort Vehicle, or REV, was designed to transport security personnel accompanying the shipment of spent nuclear fuel, or SNF, as well as high-level radioactive waste. The Department ...Read more |
| December 8, 2021 | South Dakota Gets $22m Grant for Rail Work | The $22 million comes in the form of a Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity, or RAISE, grant, adding on to $20 million from the state of South Dakota and $42 million fr ...Read more |
| November 25, 2021 | DBEs Not Included in $66b Railroad Infrastructure Plan | On November 15, 2021 President Joe Biden signed into law the $1.2 trillion infrastructure act. We recently ...Read more |
| November 16, 2021 | Illinois Metra Board Approves $13m Station Renovation | IHC will subcontract 25 percent of the job to minority and women-owned companies. The project will be financed through the Rebuild Illinois program which is currently adding new cars and locomotive ...Read more |
| November 12, 2021 | Diverse Rail Contractors Charge Racism in Contracting Practices | Minority and women-owned businesses face discrimination while attempting to win federal passenger rail contracts, businesses owners told the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on Tuesd ...Read more |