Monthly Archives: April, 2025

GAO Report: Five Agencies Hold 98% of IIJA Grant Funds

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated $711.8 billion in grants for infrastructure projects across more than 100 programs, with 74% of the...

Got Water?

When the you-know-what hits the fan, water is the one commodity we can’t live without for more than about three days. Having enough water...

Spain Blames Generation Loss for Worst Blackout in Years

Rodrigo Orihuela, Joao Lima, and Thomas Gualtieri of Bloomberg report that a major power outage struck Spain and Portugal on Monday, disrupting transportation, telecommunications, and daily life...

US Job Openings Hold Steady at 7.2 Million in March

In March, US job openings remained steady at 7.2 million, down 901,000 from a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hires...

Top 10 U.S. Cities Where Home Prices Are Dropping Fastest

Andrew Shilling of MarketWatch reports that despite U.S. home prices remaining high at an average of $503,800 last quarter, they’ve dipped 1.3% since Q4,...

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Are You One of the 77% Who Reported…

Did you know that over three-quarters of Americans had...

The Next Fed Chairman?

In a discussion with reporters on Air Force One,...

EU Sanctions and Refinery Outages Push Diesel Prices Up

The US Energy Information Administration reports that global diesel...

VA Approves New Rate Class for Large Electricity Users, Including Data Centers

The State Corporation Commission has approved a new electricity...

The Macro Impact of the Data Center Investment Boom

Data center construction and high-tech investments, particularly in the...

DOE Launches $134 Million Push to Build US Rare Earth Supply Chain

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Minerals...

US Import Prices Flat in September as Nonfuel Costs Rise, Fuel Prices Fall

In September, US import prices were unchanged from the...

Does Your Stock Portfolio Look Like Rudolph Taking Flight?

Happy Monday. Want to get away? Hang in there....

US Oil and Gas Operators Get Extra Time on Methane Emission Rules

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under Administrator Lee Zeldin,...

The Genesis Mission Unites Supercomputers and AI to Drive Next-Gen Science

President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order launching...