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AGC Pushes Back on AP Stimulus Report

AGC's chief economist Ken Simonson explained in a statement that the recent Associated Press story on stimulus transportation funds fails to acknowledge several unique facts about the construction industry.  The AP story does not consider that construction jobs are not site-specific and that workers will spend income in their hometown, among other factors. The online investigative journalism site, Pro-Publica, reported on AGC's analysis.  Read Simonson's statement here.