Infrastructure

Six months after the worst Kona Low floods in a generation, new flood-channel procurement in Hawaii is nearly at a standstill despite $591 million already disbursed.

NTIA approved Florida's deployment plan in January 2026, but federal rule changes and a mandatory subgrantee restart have left 310,000 unserved homes still waiting.

The IIJA's five-year authorization ends in September, IRA drought grants remain mostly frozen, and no replacement program is waiting.

Two years of mandatory monitoring under Pennsylvania's own drinking water limits have produced results these utilities can no longer defer acting on.

Seven BEAD subgrantee contracts signed September 24 triggered an immediate wave of engineering and fiber procurement as project areas face a four-year construction mandate.

A Boozman-earmarked health data grant and a recurring CISA award landed simultaneously, and the state is using both to shore up rural infrastructure that has long been its most exposed vulnerability.