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08/06/2009 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT CONTINUES TO FALL, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ CALLS FOR QUICK DISBURSEMENT OF STIMULUS FUNDS TO SAVE JOBS
07/29/2009 STIMULUS CONSTRUCTION FUNDS HAVE LITTLE IMPACT TO DATE ON COMPANIES' ABILITY TO HIRE NEW EMPLOYEES, ANALYSIS FINDS
07/27/2009 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 333 OUT OF 352 METROPOLITAN AREAS IN JUNE, DOWNTURN WIDESPREAD AND DEVASTATING
07/22/2009 HIGHWAY USER RATE COMMISSION NEEDED TO GET ESSENTIAL HIGHWAY & TRANSIT PROJECTS BUILT, CONGESTION & POLLUTION REDUCED
07/16/2009 NEW EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS SHOW STEEP LOSSES IN CONSTRUCTION NATIONWIDE, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ CHIEF ECONOMIST CALLS FOR INCREASED INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK
07/14/2009 CONGRESSMAN BLUMENAUER SETS THE STAGE FOR A LONG-OVERDUE DEBATE ON WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING; TRUST FUND WILL ENSURE SAFE WATER FOR COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE
07/13/2009 NEW NATIONAL SAFETY PROGRAM TO CUT FATALITIES ON HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
07/01/2009 AS CONSTRUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASES BY 79,000, TOP CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL CALL ECONOMIC IMPACTS DEVASTATING, URGES CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREVENT CONSTRUCTION FREEFALL
06/18/2009 NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS GLIMMER OF HOPE AMID GRIM NEWS AS CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT FALLS IN MOST STATES, METRO AREAS
06/17/2009 OBERSTAR AND COLLEAGUES ARE RIGHT TO FOCUS FIRST ON HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT VISION, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF DELAYING TRANSPORTATION DEBATE ARE UNTENABLE, TOP NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL SAYS