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.

The Dakota Access Pipeline may yet be built. Then again, it may not. ENR consulting editor Tom Armistead offers his insights into the disputed project that has become a symbol of issues broader than federal permitting.