Infrastructure

"Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal speaks with Christopher Tyson about the history behind urban renewal projects and the role of the public sector in rebuilding America’s infrastructure.

Raimondo discusses the infrastructure packages moving through Congress and the semiconductor chip shortage.

Environmental justice groups hope the deal will restore a funding source to clean up Superfund sites: an excise tax on chemicals.

Nonprofit Climate Central estimates that home air conditioning use will increase almost 60% over the next 30 years.

Earmarks — money members of Congress request for projects back home — could make it easier for lawmakers to get on board.

The administration is calling it transformational spending. Republicans say it’s too much spending.

The move's all about attracting talent — a lot of it.

There are 81 no-frills train routes left over from the Mao era to service far-flung areas. Who rides them?

President Biden's plan calls for fixing 20,000 miles of roads and 10,000 bridges. But which are most in need?

Infrastructure adds to gross domestic product, but interest rates can take away from it.