Articles by Tom Ichniowski

Incoming committee chairman sees choices for Transportation, Commerce departments as "stellar nominees."

House passes key infrastructure measure on strong bipartisan 399-18 vote.

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors posted the strongest gains, with mixed results in other industry sectors.

Doug Burgum, Republican governor of North Dakota, is named to lead a planned new National Energy Council of all sector federal regulators, while others are tapped for top posts at energy, transportation and environmental agencies.

The Biden administration is pushing to award grants and move funds to projects funded by signature infrastructure and climate measures before President-elect Donald Trump takes over.

Narrow majorities in Congress and bipartisan support for existing infrastructure spending may complicate any broad shift in policy, ARTBA's Dave Bauer says.

Focus is on funding from the infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction Act.

With projections showing former President Donald Trump has retaken the presidency, the focus for construction observers now turns to the final tally in Congress.

In a major boost for railroad infrastructure, the Federal Railroad Administration is awarding $2.4 billion in grants to 122 rail projects that aim to improve rail safety, resilience and efficiency.

Many of the grants will go toward electrification plans for port infrastructure and vehicles.