Ida Huddleston has lived on the same stretch of farmland outside Maysville, Kentucky, since she was 16. She and her late husband built a log home there, raised children, and worked the soil through six decades of marriage. Today, the family owns roughly 1,200 acres, and multiple generations still live on it. Last spring, an
Willie Nelson has spoken out against the construction of data centers across the United States and issued a statement encouraging citizens to fight the proliferation of facilities that “only destroy the environment around them.” The country legend posted an open letter on social media describing how he grew up in Abbott, Texas, and that the
DETROIT– The tense relationship between the United States and Canada is ruining the celebration of an extraordinary project between the two countries: a new six-lane bridge named after a famous Canadian who played hockey for the Detroit Red Wings. After years of planning and billions of dollars in construction, the Gordie Howe International Bridge is
Cascade, a startup building a platform to help architecture, engineering and construction firms find and win projects, has raised a $3.5 million seed round from Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun, Ada Ventures and Snowball VC. Launched in 2025, Cascade is the result of its founders, Hannia Zia and Joana Ferreira, witnessing firsthand the difficulties construction companies face
New York became the first state to halt data center construction after Governor Kathy Hochul today signed an executive order temporarily prohibiting the state from approving new permits for large projects. Hochul’s order applies to data centers of 50 megawatts or more, which could affect more than a dozen projects. The state Department of Environmental
A Democratic senator alleged Saturday that whistleblowers have detailed several problems stemming from the hasty or inadequate reconstruction of the Kennedy Center, adding a new layer to the arts complex’s travails as President Donald Trump sought to seize control of it and its name. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island said in a statement Saturday that