CityLab Daily: Biden Talks of ‘Infrastructure Decade’ in State of Union

Also today: What the return of Mardi Gras means for New Orleans, and Russophone cities in Ukraine tell Putin’s army to “go home!”

Commuters drive along the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday night ahead of  President Biden’s first State of the Union speech. — Commuters drive along the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday night ahead of President Biden’s first State of the Union speech.
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By Maxwell Adler and Kriston Capps

March 2, 2022 at 6:44 PM UTC

For his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden briefed the nation on Russia's war against Ukraine and the administration's efforts to combat the pandemic. Despite these emergencies, Biden sounded upbeat, promising to deliver on an economy marked by enormous job growth yet persistent inflation.

Surprising no one, the president focused on his biggest win in office so far: the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed in November. Biden detailed some of the features that Americans can expect to see soon, including: