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Workforce

Construction industry lobbyists continue to fight for more guest worker visas as immigration bill moves to House

As the House of Representatives prepares to consider the immigration bill that recently passed the Senate, construction industry lobbyists are preparing for their final chance to increase the limit on guest worker visas offered to the industry. According to a report from the Washington Post, construction industry advocates say more than 200,000 new workers will […]

July 1, 2013

Business

Senate Committee approves nomination of Anthony Foxx for Secretary of Transportation

As expected, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx’s confirmation as the next U.S. Secretary of Transportation is going smoothly. On Monday, the Senate Committee for Commerce Science and Transportation approved his nomination, according to our sister site Better Roads. Foxx’s nomination will now go before the full Senate. The Senate committee’s chairman, Jay Rockefeller, D-WV, urged committee […]

June 12, 2013

Business

A pros-and-cons overview of available options for funding transportation infrastructure

The partial collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River near Seattle has put a big and bright spotlight on the need for more funding for transportation and infrastructure needs in this country. Now attention turns to the lawmakers tasked with figuring it out. During a meeting in Washington, D.C. of the Transportation […]

June 10, 2013

Business

Funding isn’t there to rebuild partially-collapsed I-5 bridge in Washington

Despite the increased attention it has given to the problem, the aftermath of a partial collapse of a bridge on Interstate 5 spanning the Skagit River in Washington state also underscores the dearth of solutions the U.S. has for its aging infrastructure and lack of funding. Last Thursday, a section of the 58-year-old bridge collapsed after […]

May 28, 2013