A regional design meant to prevent failures during wildfires never worked in practice.
Extreme weather, chronic underfunding and age are conspiring to keep Louisiana's infrastructure falling behind despite recent federal investments.
A Sacramento developer is using a $1.5 million 3D printer to build fire-resistant, low-waste homes that could reshape how California tackles its housing shortage.
After federal delays and political shifts, the state’s long-awaited broadband expansion is starting over with half the funding — leaving millions of Texans still offline and waiting.
More than half of surveyed mayors expect affordability to worsen next year, but their powers are constrained by state pre-emption, high construction costs and limited municipal authority.
Only 2% of post-fire applications have been approved as residents battle regulations, high costs and competition from foreign buyers snapping up burned lots
The reforms expand grants for fireproofing homes, require higher advance payments after wildfires, and give the state’s last-resort insurance plan more financial stability.
With up to 50 million residents projected by 2070, researchers say the state must invest as much as $154 billion in reuse systems, desalination and aquifer recharge to avoid future shortages.
Despite national praise for the affordability of metro-area homes, aging housing stock, rising debt and out-of-town corporate buyers are hindering ownership.
Josh Green’s plan relies heavily on redeveloping state land and expediting permits — but nearly half the pipeline homes haven’t cleared essential approvals.
Roughly 2,000 modular units are underway, but opponents fear rents may still remain out of reach.
While other states struggle to fund major transportation projects, Texas’ 10-year transportation spending plan has surpassed $100 billion for the third year in a row.
Cities and counties are asking Congress to include more direct funding for local projects in the next transportation bill. States are fighting to protect existing formulas.
Projects seeking as much as 10,000 megawatts risk doubling statewide demand, raising concerns about how to shield residential ratepayers.
A grid spanning 13 states can’t meet soaring electricity demand. An outside analytics firm recommends that large data centers generate their own.
With city agencies citing budget and compliance hurdles, some Los Angeles residents are responding to infrastructure inaction by painting their own paths.
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