David A. Lieb

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  • A truck going over a bridgeEnvironment

    Dozens of shoddy old bridges across the U.S. are about to get a major modern makeover

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A logging truck drives on the Interstate 5 bridge that spans the Columbia River and connects Portland, Ore., with southwest Washington state, Feb. 13, 2024. Dozens of aging bridges, including this Interstate 5 bridge, in 16 states will be replaced or improved with the aid $5 billion of federal grants announced Wednesday, July 17, by President Joe Biden’s administration as the latest beneficiaries of a massive infrastructure law. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)Politics

    Biden administration announces $5 billion in federal funding to improve or replace aging bridges in 16 states

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Maxon Shooter’s Supplies owner Dan Eldridge poses in his store in Des Plaines, Ill., Tuesday, June 25, 2024. A new national divide is emerging among states over whether to track sales by gun stores. A California law taking effect Monday will require credit card networks to provide banks with special retail codes to assign to gun stores. By contrast, new laws taking effect in Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee and Wyoming will prohibit the use of special gun shop codes in financial transactions. A total of 17 states have passed some sort of limit on category codes for gun retailers, while California has been joined by Colorado and New York. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)Politics

    Credit card gun sales are the new policy flight after California requires Visa and Mastercard to provide special codes for gun store buys, while Georgia and others ban the practice

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • model house and wood blocks that spell taxFinance

    Here’s how property tax laws can leave a baby boomer with an annual bill below $8 and a recent buyer with a $3,236 tab—for homes that are worth the same

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Plastic containers RoundupFinance

    Bayer is going all in to create legal shields in Missouri, Iowa and Idaho against 170,000 Roundup weedkiller lawsuits it faces

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • computer screen shows man holding gunTech

    Just 1 company appears to meet requirements in several states eyeing AI-powered surveillance to spot school shooters. ‘Probably the most egregious thing that I have ever read’

    By David A. Lieb, John Hanna, and others
  • Bill Anderson listens at a conference.Finance

    3 states consider Bayer-written legislation giving it immunity for Roundup cancer claims as it reels from $10 billion in verdicts and counting

    By Hannah Fingerhut, David A. Lieb, and others
  • Jim Blodgett, safety and security director for the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, discusses digital mapping of school facilities on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at his office in Middleton, Wis. Digital maps can be used by law enforcement and others who are responding to emergencies. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)Tech

    School shootings are spurring states to fund digital building maps to prepare first responders

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Vivek MalekPolitics

    ‘The demand is huge, and it is real’: Obscure state funding programs for small business take off after interest rates spike cost of bank loans

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • USA map and flag, cash dollar billFinance

    Tax cut trends across the U.S. may slow in 2024: ‘Funds will be more limited. States will have to make decisions on what areas they prioritize’

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Sports gamblingLifestyle

    ‘It just seems silly that everyone else can do it and we can’t,’ says sports gambler behind social media campaign to legalize it in Missouri

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Buffalo Bills stadiumPolitics

    Taxpayers are on the hook for billions of dollars worth of new sports arenas as 2023 yields one new project every month

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • American Family FieldPolitics

    America’s billionaire sports team owners had a banner year getting public handouts for extravagant new stadiums

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Healthcare workers line up for free personal protective equipment in front of murals by artist Romero Britto at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Miami. Some states that stockpiled millions of masks and other personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic are now throwing the items away.(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)Health

    U.S. states are trashing millions of COVID protective gear because of expiration, surpluses and a lack of willing takers: ‘That’s what happens when you don’t prepare’

    By Jennifer Peltz, David A. Lieb, and others
  • Prisoner and guardFinance

    Public sector staff shortages in ‘hard jobs’ are sparking a wage war as taxpayers feel the consequences of empty positions

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press