IN THE STATES: Wall-to-Wall Coverage of Democrats’ Infrastructure Plan and GOP Opposition
Voters in key Senate battlegrounds are reading and watching wall-to-wall coverage of Democrats’ infrastructure plan that will grow millions of good-paying jobs and help America out-compete other countries by investing in our roads, bridges, clean drinking water, and high-speed internet — and how GOP Senate candidates are opposing these popular policies.
See for yourself:
AZ-KAWC: Kelly Touts Port Improvements in Infrastructure Package
AZ-Lake Powell Life: Senator Kelly Visits Navajo Nation
AZ-KGUN: How Tucson and Arizona benefit from Biden’s infrastructure bill
AZ-Navajo-Hopi Observer: Sen. Mark Kelly visits Navajo Nation, lauds water rights, vets
AZ-Kingman Daily Miner (Opinion): Sen. Mark Kelly: New roads, faster Internet coming to Mohave County
AZ-Pinal Central (Opinion): Sen. Mark Kelly: Pinal stands to benefit from upgraded highways, water infrastructure
AZ-Yuma Sun (Opinion): Sen. Mark Kelly: Port of entry, water both top priorities in infrastructure bill
AZ-Daily Independent (Opinion): Sen. Mark Kelly: Valley benefits from new roads, transit investments
FL-WTVT:
“Keep in mind, this bill was crafted by the Senate, where it had strong bipartisan support, but both the Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott opposed it and played no meaningful role in crafting it.”
FL-Florida Phoenix (Opinion): Florida could cash in on President Biden’s infrastructure bill — if we had a plan
FL-Tampa Bay Times (Editorial): Senate infrastructure plan a boost for Florida
FL-WPEC: How infrastructure bill will impact Palm Beach County
GA-WSB:
“The new infrastructure bill… will include $8 million dollars to create 3 “pop up” container yards to free up even more space here in Savannah. Georgia Senator Raphael Warncok.. said the pop up yards will help unlock the supply chain.”
GA-WRBL: Senator Warnock speaks about the infrastructure bill
GA-WGXA: Bibb Democrats praise passage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
NV-KVVU:
“This is about…American jobs. It’s making sure we are taking care of our families. And we’re leaning into the clean energy economy that solar is going to bring us. It’s exciting Nevada is really on the leading edge of all of this.”
NV-The Nevada Independent: What the infrastructure bill means for water in Nevada and the West
NV-Reno Gazette Journal (Opinion): Bill will help rebuild Nevada’s infrastructure and create Nevada jobs
NH-WMUR: Money for New Hampshire roads, bridges, internet included in infrastructure bill
NH-WMUR: Rural broadband access to increase under infrastructure bill
NH-The Caledonian-Record (Opinion): Infrastructure Bill Delivers for Rural New Hampshire
NH-Roll Call: Biden visit to New Hampshire touts infrastructure law — and Dem lawmakers
NC-WCNC: Charlotte leaders applaud new infrastructure investment
“Today a group of Charlotte leaders applauded President Biden’s speaking of that infrastructure investment. They say it will make a big difference in transportation.”
NC-WJZY:
“It will make the most significant investment in passenger rail in the past 50 years and in public transit ever, including developing the next critical link in the Charlotte to Raleigh to Richmond to Washington southeast corridor. This means that every resident in Charlotte will be safer and get where they’re going faster.”
NC-Salisbury Post (Opinion): Budd played politics with investments in jobs, infrastructure
NC-News and Observer (Editorial): The lame excuses NC Republicans had for opposing the infrastructure bill
NC-The Greensboro News & Record (Opinion): Infrastructure bill bipartisan win
NC-The Reflector (Opinion): Bobbie Richardson: Rural economies will benefit from Biden bill
OH-Toledo Blade (Editorial): Infrastructure bill is on road to helping Ohioans
OH-The Chronicle: Local Democrats, union leaders celebrate $1.2 infrastructure bill
OH-The Morning Journal: Infrastructure bill will benefit family, community, Lorain County Democratic leaders say Jobs, Internet, better roads, waterlines
PA-WTAE:
“The message was clear today: Jobs, jobs, and more jobs. Leaders say that this landmark law will create new good-paying union jobs, revitalize our roads and bridges, and bring high-speed broadband internet to communities that really need it
PA-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Editorial): Infrastructure measure is good for Pennsylvania
PA-WPXI: Allegheny County leaders detail how federal infrastructure bill will impact you
WI-WEAU: How the bipartisan infrastructure law impacts Wisconsin
WI-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin will get at least $100 million for broadband expansion under the massive federal infrastructure bill
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