Praised by organized labor and called a modest labor step by contractor groups, Homeland Security Dept. chief Alejandro N. Mayorka approved 18 months more of protected status for Venezuelan workers in the U.S. 

 New $7.5 billion loan program will partially fund non-federal dams in need of repairs.

FRA receives $6B in grant applications, four times the funds available.

Rules are designed to reduce the sizable carbon footprint of the ubiquitous construction material.

Analysis noted near shutdown by utlity Con Ed in NYC, as federal energy regulator also okayed four natural gas projects but left a controversial climate change measure undecided.

The construction tech firm announced a slate of new and planned offerings, including an AI-based assistant still under development.

Rail project moves into the design phase with $1.97 billion in grant funding from the Federal Transit Administration

Cost increases were a major concern of the Committee, as well as some still-unresolved details of Buy America provisions.

The funds are the second major tranche of funding from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program.

Mountaineer GigaSystem would produce blue hydrogen from natural gas and store CO2 emissions underground on state-owned property, with its first phase to open in 2028.