Stats show added risk to groundwater near power plant sites

After the flurry of post-election talk from Republicans and Democrats about infrastructure legislation in the new Congress, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is staking out a position.

Kenny Construction Co., a subsidiary of Granite Construction, has been awarded a $46-million contract by Chicago for the Navy Pier Flyover there.

Sentences for four contractor, developer and owner executives follow contentious trials since February in upstate pay to play scheme.

BLS reports construction added 5,000 jobs in Nov., a more modest gain than in Oct. and Sept.