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One-third Of Metro Areas Lost Construction Jobs Between August 2020 And 2021 As Fate Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Remains Unclear

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, Mass. and San Diego-Carlsbad, Calif. Top Lists of Metros with Year-over-Year Employment Increases; Evansville, Ind.-Ky. and New York City Experience the Worst Declines

House GOP Decision To Whip Against The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Will Undermine A Measure Trump Would Have Been Proud To Sign

Bipartisan Measure Includes Many of Former President Trump’s Infrastructure, Regulatory and Labor Priorities; Republicans Risk Wasting a Chance to Get them Enacted, Construction Officials Warn

The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement in reaction to the announcement today that the House Republican leadership will encourage its party members to vote against the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill:

AGC & Procore Technologies Launch New Scholarship To Assist African American And Disadvantaged Students Studying Construction At HBCUs

AGC & PROCORE TECHNOLOGIES LAUNCH NEW SCHOLARSHIP TO ASSIST AFRICAN AMERICAN AND DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS STUDYING CONSTRUCTION AT HBCUs

Procore’s $250,000 Challenge Gift Will Help Fund Scholarships Designed to Diversify the Leadership of the Commercial Construction Industry, AGC Launching Funding Drive to Match the New Procore Grant

August Construction Employment Lags Pre-Pandemic Peak In 39 States As Delta Variant Of Coronavirus, Supply Problems Hold Back Recovery

Texas, Wyoming Have Worst Job Losses Since February 2020, Utah and South Dakota Add the Most; Kansas Registers Most Severe Losses in August, While Nevada and New Hampshire Lead Job Gainers

New Billboard Calls Out Conor Lamb For Voting To Keep His Constituents Stuck In Highway Traffic, Gives Drivers Access To Details About The Vote

A New Billboard on I-376 Highlights the Congressman’s Vote Earlier this Year for a House Transportation Bill That Severely Limits States’ Ability to Add New Highway Capacity

Prices For Key Construction Materials Continue To Increase In August While Contractors Struggle To Get Those Products Delivered On Time

Construction Officials Call for Immediate Removal of Tariffs on Key Construction Materials, Urge Congress and the Administration to Take Steps to Repair “Every Level” of the Supply Chain

Construction Sheds 3,000 Jobs In August; Gains Are Limited To Homebuilding As Other Contractors Struggle To Fill Both Craft And Salaried Positions

Association Officials Urge Congress to Finish Work on Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to Boost Demand for Nonresidential Construction and Fund Career and Technical Education Programs to Add to Worker Supply