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Labor Secretary Acosta Takes Office

The last Cabinet Member of Trump Administration Sworn in April 28

April 28, 2017

R. Alexander Acosta was sworn in as secretary of the Dept. of Labor on April 28, and faces many labor-related challenges, including the silica rule and the Davis-Bacon prevailing-wage law.

Environment

British Columbia Approves Plan To Dump Mt. Polley Mine Waste Into Lake Quesnel

Province will allow mining company to discharge 13.7 million gal per day of treated effluent

Candy McCampbell

April 26, 2017

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Since 2014 tailings dam breach, bull trout and salmon stocks have declined sharply.

Transportation

Contractors Speed Reconstruction of Atlanta's Collapsed I-85 Bridge

GDOT says I-85 span destroyed in fire will be replaced by June 15

Jim Parsons

April 26, 2017

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Contractor C.W. Matthews construction placed the last of 61 prestressed beams on April 25.

Construction Acquisitions

Atkins Agrees to Final $2.67B SNC-Lavalin Buy Offer

Activist investor's 7% stake revealed; will rival bidders surface?

Debra K. Rubin

April 26, 2017

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Activist investor's 7% stake revealed; will rival bidders surface?

California Boosts Gas Tax Rate

JT Long

April 26, 2017

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The first wave of bids for new road projects could go out at the beginning of 2018, now that the California Legislature has approved $52.4 billion over 10 years from a new 12¢-per-gallon gas tax, which begins in November.

Litigation