When a proven job-producer like the Highway Trust Fund really needs it, almost no one -- including politicians of either party and industry alike -- is promoting an increase in the federal gas tax. What a shame.
Gov. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is nearing a decision whether to approve or reject Central Florida's $1.2-billion commuter-rail project. What's so different about this project and that high-speed rail "boondoggle" he killed earlier this year?
Thomas P. Murphy Jr., the chairman and CEO of Coastal Construction Co., is seeing unprecedented project movement, and thinks the region may "surprise the nation" with a return to boom times.
Gov. Rick Scott failed to veto a "sweep" of funds from Florida's State Transportation Trust Fund. The Florida Transportation Builders Association is not happy about it.
Spending on nonresidential construction will rise modestly, with increases primarily in the warehouse, manufacturing, hotel, hospital and power segments, with a possible gain in higher education, AGC of America Chief Economist Kenneth D. Simonson told members of the AGC of Greater Florida recently.
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