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Private Investors Can Build Bridges
The delayed-again Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is North America’s latest infrastructure boondoggle. Built on the Canadian government’s tab but involving U.S. oversight, the bridge had a budget at project launch in 2017 of $4.4 billion.
The billion-dollar remote work opportunity that rural America can't reach
Unless governments focus on adoption—not just access—they risk funding infrastructure that goes unused, while rural Americans remain cut off from healthcare, education, and the growing remote job market that today represents nearly a quarter of the U.S. workforce.
How Private Capital Could Be the Key to Rebuilding America
Private capital investment in infrastructure could be a more efficient and effective alternative to government funding, potentially stimulating the economy during uncertain times, creating jobs and delivering projects on time and within budget.
Why American Public Schools Are In Ruins -Literally
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced it was reducing its workforce by about hal...
How to get rural American communities back in fighting shape
The residents and elected officials of rural "left-behind" communities face significant challenges as they play economic catch-up to more prosperous cities and suburbs. The rise of remote work in the wake of the pandemic means more fami...
Opportunities In U.S. Infrastructure: Funding the Massive Capital Gap
Americans who believed we solved our infrastructure problems with the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are in for a rude awakening. The fact that Congress is being asked for billions to rebuild the collapse...
Private Capital Can Save America's Crumbling Roads and Bridges
Even with the landmark $1.3 trillion 2021 infrastructure bill under its belt, the Biden Administration returned to Congress this summer to ask for more money to repair Maryland's critically damaged Francis S...