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A shrinking budget deficit is usually good news, but a drop in federal debt in Canada is raising concerns over delays in government efforts to funnel infrastructure money into projects.

Plan calls for $200B in direct spending, aiming to spur more than $1T in state, local and private matching funds.

How a contract clause threw an important Minneapolis transportation project into turmoil.

According to several sources close to the project, Rhode Island-based Gilbane Building Co. has been chosen as general contractor for the 22-million-sq-ft, $10-billion flat-screen-panel manufacturing campus to be built by Taiwanese electronics maker Foxconn in Mt. Pleasant, Wis. Gilbane.

The cold weather that swept across the Eastern Seaboard in early January is heating up the debate over the need for a more robust infrastructure to deliver natural gas to New England. 

Industry officials welcome State of the Union pro-infrastructure comments, but say funding still isn't clear.

Albuquerque, N.M., residents and visitors are facing an as-yet undetermined wait to use the Albuquerque Rapid Transit, or ART, bus line since, earlier this month, recently elected Mayor Tim Keller (D) held a press conference at which he labeled the $135-million project a “lemon.”

Group also seeks faster federal permitting and steps to increase construction workforce.