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$4B in Federal Funds Pulled From California High Speed Rail. Newsom Vows to Fight
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is cutting off federal funding for California’s high-speed rail...
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California Scales Back CEQA for Urban Housing Projects
A decades-long battle over California’s top environmental law may have finally ended. With Monday’s passage of a budget-related housing...
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DOL Chief Defends OSHA’s Proposed Cuts
Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer told congressional leaders last week that a leaner OSHA could still effectively protect America’s...
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Commerce Department Pushing to Scale Back CHIPS Act Contracts
The Commerce Department is working to renegotiate several multibillion-dollar contracts awarded to chipmakers through the CHIPS and...
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California Lawmakers Fast Track CEQA Reform Bills
A California environmental law often blamed for slowing housing production could be bypassed by two new bills now moving swiftly through...
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Trump Continues Assault Against PLAs on Federal Jobs
A new executive order from President Donald Trump targets several Biden-era policies, including those promoting project labor agreements...
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What Builders Can Do while Federal Funds are Still Frozen
Uncertainty continues to cast a shadow over infrastructure and climate projects as federal agencies resist court orders to release...
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Trump Takes Aim at $128B California High Speed Rail
The Trump administration has initiated a review of California’s high-speed rail project, intensifying longstanding skepticism about...
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Illinois Firm Hagerty Consulting will Oversee LA Fire Rebuild
Los Angeles has hired Hagerty Consulting , a Chicago-area firm, to oversee the rebuilding of more than 6,800 homes and businesses...
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Union Employers are ‘Forever Grateful’, and Hopeful Biden’s Work Will Carry Over
TAUC/Cappella Photography At a Dec. 11 construction union event, speakers expressed cautious optimism about the industry but raised...
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What to Do in the Event of a Jobsite Raid
Last month, President-elect Donald Trump appointed Tom Homan, the former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as...
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Biden-Harris Administration Approves $7.9B in CHIPS Act Funding for Intel
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on November 26 the finalization of up to $7.86 billion in direct funding from the CHIPS and...
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$720B in IIJA Money Still to be Allocated
Nearly three years into the five-year Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), only 40% of its funds have been announced, signaling...
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Strong Contingent of Construction Unions at the Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention’s focus on infrastructure in their 2024 platform highlights the ongoing significance of the $1.2...
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Biden Administration Announces Investments in Apprenticeships and Workforce Development
The Biden-Harris administration is expanding the Registered Apprenticeship program in specific U.S. industries and investing in workforce...
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Could Receive $6.6B for AZ Plants
TSMC's Arizona division will potentially receive $6.6 billion in U.S. government funding as per an initial agreement unveiled by the...
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ECO Friendly Construction Materials for Transportation Sector
Posted 03/12/24 As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda and ongoing work to improve air quality,...
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$160M in Federal Funding for 2028 LA Olympics Transpo. and Infrastructure
The Los Angeles area is experiencing a wave of federal funding in preparation for the 2028 Summer Olympics. Senator Alex Padilla...
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LA Mayor Karen Bass Announces Over $9M in Federal Funding for Homeless Programs/ Affordable Housing
Posted 03/09/2024 Mayor Bass today announced from Paris, France that the City of Los Angeles has secured $9.34 million in congressionally...
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$18M California Investment to Prosecute Wage Fraud
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the Labor Commissioner’s Office have launched an $18...
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