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  • November 18, 2025

    Broadband Permit Reforms Survive House Subcommittee

    The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee had a productive morning Tuesday, consolidating 28 bills largely related to broadband permitting into seven and passing them along to the full committee for review.

  • November 18, 2025

    NTSB Flags Vessel's Loose Wire In Key Bridge Collapse Probe

    A single loose wire triggered a power failure aboard the container carrier that slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge last year, and the absence of an effective warning system didn't give construction workers enough time to clear the collapsing bridge, the National Transportation Safety Board determined Tuesday.

  • November 18, 2025

    NJ Justices Asked How 'Beneficial Use' Should Affect Zoning

    A Garden State town urged the New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday to provide a blueprint for how municipal zoning boards should evaluate variance applications under a nearly three-decade-old amendment to the state's land use law, arguing that a lower court did not give the update proper consideration when it overturned the town's denial of a senior living facility.

  • November 18, 2025

    1st Circ. May Nix Trump Funding Freeze In 'Weird' Case

    The First Circuit on Tuesday hinted that a federal judge may have been in bounds when blocking the Trump administration from withholding certain funds for states, expressing skepticism that the judge's order was improper or overly broad.

  • November 18, 2025

    Judge Questions If Trump's Say-So Makes Wind Edict Legal

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday lamented a lack of clear guidance from higher courts as she considered whether wind farm permits can be put on hold indefinitely based solely on a directive from the president.

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