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Released	Headline
3/13/2019	PROPOSAL TO CREATE NEW TEMPORARY WORKER VISA SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER INDUSTRIES WILL BOOST ECONOMY, CUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
3/13/2019	CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RISES IN JANUARY AS SURGE IN MULTIFAMILY AND NONRESIDENTIAL PROJECTS OUTWEIGHS WEAKNESS IN HOMEBUILDING
3/11/2019	CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 44 STATES FROM JANUARY 2018 TO JANUARY 2019; 33 STATES ADD JOBS IN LATEST MONTH AS ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR INVESTMENT IN TRAINING
3/8/2019	CONSTRUCTION JOBS DECLINE BY 31,000 IN FEBRUARY BUT INDUSTRY MAINTAINS HIGH RATES OF YEAR-OVER-YEAR EMPLOYMENT AND WAGE GROWTH
3/4/2019	CONSTRUCTION SPENDING SLIPS IN DECEMBER BUT YEARLY TOTALS INCREASE MODERATELY IN MOST SEGMENTS; CONTRACTORS REPORT OPTIMISM FOR 2019
2/27/2019	NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CHARITY DONATES $265,000 TO FUND RENOVATION OF HISTORIC BARN TO SERVE AS NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR VETERANS’ SUPPORT GROUP
2/6/2019	LAWMAKERS SHOULD ACT ON PRESIDENT’S CALL TO ENACT MAJOR NEW INVESTMENTS TO REBUILD AGING AND OVER-BURDENED INFRASTRUCTURE
2/1/2019	CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT CLIMBS BY 52,000 IN JANUARY TO 11-YEAR PEAK; INDUSTRY WORKWEEK HITS ALL-TIME HIGH AS UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO LOW
1/29/2019	CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 273 OUT OF 358 METROS IN 2018 AMID STRONG DEMAND, BUT LABOR SHORTAGES LIKELY PREVENTED ADDITIONAL GAINS
1/18/2019	CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN DECEMBER 2018 IN 43 STATES AND D.C.; 26 STATES ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS FROM NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER

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