WASHINGTON — The Senate killed Republican-backed attempts to overturn several of President Barack Obama’s environmental and energy policies Thursday as lawmakers worked against a March 31 deadline to keep aid flowing to more than 100,000 transportation construction projects around the country.
WASHINGTON — Taking a pass on reining in government growth, President Barack Obama unveiled a record $3.8 trillion election-year budget plan Monday, calling for stimulus-style spending on roads and schools and tax hikes on the wealthy to help pay the costs. The ideas landed with a thud on Capitol Hill.
A new Interstate 71 interchange south of the existing one at U.S. 36/Ohio 37 would best help alleviate heavy traffic at the Delaware exit, Ohio Department of Transportation officials have decided. That’s good news to developer Pat Shivley, whose Sunbury Parkway commercial/industrial plan for the southern side of U.S. 36/Ohio 37 hinges on having an interchange built on that side of the road. A rival group led by Polaris developer Bob Weiler and Nationwide Realty has also been lobbying the state to build an interchange on the north side of U.S. 36/Ohio 37.