PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. transportation officials announced $2.2 billion for local infrastructure projects on Thursday, paving the way for new bridges, roads, bike lanes, railways and ports in scores of communities across the country.

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- Talks continue with hospital lease prospects

- White Buffalo looking forward to opening

- Wind turbine catches fire 

- Reds football wraps up two-a-day practices

- Clinton football  accepting towels, water donations

Filling up water bottles

Kyndel Castro, a trainer for the Clinton High School football team, fills up water bottles during football practice Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices at the wholesale level fell from June to July, the first month-to-month drop in more than two years and a sign that some of the U.S. economy's inflationary pressures cooled last month. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that the producer price index – which measures inflation before it reaches consumers – declined 0.5% in July. It was the first monthly drop since April 2020 and was down from a sharp 1% increase from May to June.

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