The Washington Post and The Dallas Morning News proved recently just how far construction has to go to climb out of the low, dark place it now occupies in the minds of some journalists.

A court verdict will save the contractor $7.2 million in wages paid for work on the new Tappan Zee Bridge project over the Hudson River.

Boston’s Green Line extension to Somerville and Medford likely will be delayed again due to rising costs, Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation officials said on Oct. 21.

French state-controlled utility EDF Energy, Paris, signed a “strategic investment agreement” on Oct. 21 transferring 33.5% of its 100% ownership of the U.K.’s planned nuclear power plant to Beijing-based China General Nuclear Corp.

Congress has passed a new budget blueprint that would provide relatively modest increases in federal spending for the current fiscal year and the next one. That could provide a boost for construction programs.

Energy storage is a hot topic in California, where lawmakers are mandating that the state’s three biggest utility companies provide 33% of their electrical energy from renewable sources by 2020. Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric are mandated to buy a total of at least 1300 MW of energy storage to help make the plan work.

A multiyear highway and transit bill—the construction industry’s longtime top legislative priority— is advancing on Capitol Hill, with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s approval of a six-year, estimated $325-billion measure.