If GOP holds Senate, speculation centers on Capito of W. Va. as new chair; if Democrats take over, Delaware's Carper will be chair.

 As Congress returns from its August break, a top priority for engineering and construction industry officials will be the spending levels lawmakers will set for infrastructure programs for fiscal year 2020.

For the first time ever, climate change and resilience have been included in a federal highway bill, which passed unanimously out of committee.

The long search for a multi-year highway-transit bill has moved closer to the goal with the House’s passage of a six-year, $335-billion-plus proposal.