May 16, 2024
Funds

FTA funding for public transit headed to Reno

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – The city of Reno will be obtaining funding from the Federal Transit Administration for public transit. The city will be getting approximately 34% of $20.5 billion worth of federal funding, the most of any city slated to get funding. The funding will be for subways, light rail, buses, and ferry systems

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Loans

Energy Department conditionally approves $2.26 billion loan for huge lithium mine in Nevada

RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has conditionally agreed to loan more than $2 billion to the company building a controversial lithium mine in Nevada with the largest known U.S. deposit of the metal critical to making batteries for electric vehicles key to his renewable energy agenda. The U.S Energy Department agreed on

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