Committee places transportation secretary nominee on hold after regional investment concerns The Senate Executive Nominations Committee advanced most nominees but agreed to hold the governor’s pick for transportation secretary after regional lawmakers said the nominee did not provide a sufficient plan for Baltimore-area investments.

Maryland's transport secretary nominee faced tough questions and was put on hold after lawmakers expressed concerns over her plans for regional investments.

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Subcommittee approves sweeping energy-storage bill to expand Virginia’s storage goals and oversight HB 895 would raise energy-storage targets, require safety and procurement processes, establish model ordinances, add SEC oversight and require at least 20% of long-duration storage in the Coalfield region; the subcommittee voted 6–2 to report the substitute and refer to Appropriations.

Virginia's groundbreaking energy-storage bill is set to slash costs for ratepayers while enhancing safety and oversight—could this be the future of energy in the state?

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Rathbones calls for urgent regional investment to drive UK growth One of UK’s leading wealth managers, with offices and clients across the country, finds in new analysis that UK is ‘the most geographically unequal economy in developed world’ Rathbones calls for decisive action in the Budget to support growth and investment in all regions and warns that high energy costs and poor transport links deter […]

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