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Hillary Clinton Calls for a $250 Billion ‘Down Payment’ for Infrastructure Improvements

Hillary Rodham Clinton will unveil the details of a $250 billion federal investment in infrastructure over five years paid for by overhauling the business tax code. The introduction will be the start of a monthlong focus on Mrs. Clinton’s “jobs...

Water Main Break in Hoboken, N.J.

A resident of Hoboken, N.J., writes that the cause of the break isn’t “rocket science.”

Snapped Water Pipe in Hoboken Upsets City’s Daily Routine

In a faint echo of the damage done by Hurricane Sandy, a broken 36-inch water main flooded the streets of this New Jersey city over the weekend and left homes without tap water.

Making Roads Safer

Representative Bill Shuster disagrees with an editorial criticizing a transportation bill.

Corporation to Oversee New Hudson Rail Tunnel, With U.S. and Amtrak Financing Half

Under the agreement, New York and New Jersey will split the other half of the project’s costs, which could total $20 billion.

Crumbling Infrastructure: Rebuild at Home

A reader suggests that priorities at home should trump foreign adventures.

The Cyberthreat Under the Street

In the worry over cybersecurity, we can forget that the physical cables that carry data are at risk.

Human Cost Rises as Old Bridges, Dams and Roads Go Unrepaired

Hundreds of deaths, illnesses and injuries every year can be linked to the failure of transportation infrastructure and other systems like pipelines, experts say.

House Passes $300 Billion Bill to Improve Roads and Bridges

Negotiations over the measure will now begin with the Senate. The bill covers six years of projects, but funds only three.

Congress Split on Tapping Fed or Banks to Fund Roads

The Senate planned to raise money by paring back a bank dividend members see as obsolete, but the House wants to drain the Federal Reserve’s rainy-day fund instead. Critics say both ideas are wrongheaded.

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