The new New Deal is a pretty good deal

The Infrastructure and Build Back Better bills could be boons for the West

Editor’s Note: Portions of the following story originally appeared in my High Country News writeup on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

"Preaching and Farming at Mission Dolores" by Anton Refregier at Rincon Annex Post Office in San Francisco, a mural produced as part of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project, part of the New …