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Roadbuilding
No budget until April??
So our president is delaying the budget once again. According to a March 8 report from The Hill which cites Congressional sources, the Obama Administration wonât be releasing its 2014 budget until April 8 â more than two months late. By law, the budget was supposed to be released the first Monday in February. How [âŚ]
March 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
Outlook 2013
Agencies intend to take advantage of MAP-21 reforms; infrastructure damage to get worse with lack of funding.
January 10, 2013
Business
Congress passes fiscal cliff deal
With negotiations extended to the absolute deadline, Congress passed a deal on New Yearâs Day that will that will prevent the U.S. from going over the so-called âfiscal cliff.â Early Tuesday morning, the Senate passed the measure 89-8. Late Tuesday night, the GOP-run House of Representatives approved the measure 257-167. Among House Republicans the vote [âŚ]
January 2, 2013
Roadbuilding
âFiscal cliffâ deal OKâd by House just 36 hours before Congress adjourns
In a 257 to 167 vote late in the evening on  New Yearâs Day, the House approved a âfiscal cliffâ deal that extends indefinitely marginal tax rates on annual family income up to $450,000, lifts the top capital gains and dividends rates to 20 percent, extends unemployment insurance benefits and a myriad other tax provisions, [âŚ]
January 1, 2013
Business
Are you concerned about the Fiscal Cliff?
December 17, 2012
Roadbuilding
ARTBA predicts âmodest growthâ from U.S. transportation construction infrastructure market
(Look for a more detailed report, including a slideshow, from the Better Roads staff both on the website and in the digital edition of Better Roads.) The U.S. transportation construction infrastructure market is expected to show modest growth in 2013, increasing 3 percent from $126.5 billion to $130.3 billion, according to the American Road and [âŚ]
December 3, 2012
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American Augers, Trencor retain brand identities after acquisition
American Augers drills and Trencor trenchers will retain their brand identities as they are incorporated into The Charles Machine Works; the media heralds improving metrics but problems and a weak economy remain;Jennifer Hicks spoke with members of the Associated General Contractors of America on four areas the construction industry should continue to watch over .
December 1, 2012
Business
4 key post-election issues arise for construction industry
The elections have ended, and Congress is still divided while the United States races toward the fiscal cliff.  In light of this issue, SmartBlog spoke with members of the Associated General Contractors of America on four areas the construction industry should continue to watch over the next year: fiscal cliff and taxes, infrastructure investment, labor [âŚ]
November 26, 2012
Roadbuilding
GUEST BLOG: What the re-election of President Obama, Republican House majority, Democratic Senate majority means for the construction industry
During the 2012 presidential campaign, President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney gave relative lip service to the subject of rebuilding Americaâs faltering infrastructure. Rather than positioning infrastructure as an integral part of the nationâs fabric, both treated construction funding as little more than a jobs generator. Whatâs more, many of the electorate (and fiscally [âŚ]
November 12, 2012
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