Justice Dept. says former official at Laborers' D.C.-area local used some of the money for downpayment on house and building a garage there.

Spending dips 0.4% from August level and 0.2% compared with year-earlier figure, Census Bureau reports.

Labor Dept. report also shows that the number of construction jobsite illnesses and injuries rose 1.9% in 2015.

Reconstruction projects projected to increase but capacity additions on the decline.