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Draft proposed rule, particularly aimed at coal-fired plants, is part of the government intent to stop facility retirements and boost the sector's fortunes under the Trump energy agenda, which also calls for possibly building new nuclear reactors without approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation is asking a judge to prevent it from using contract goals with race- or sex-based eligibility requirements.

Australia-based Worley is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the planned CP2 facility and pipeline.

A federal judge's temporary order keeps congestion pricing for vehicle traffic into lower Manhattan in place until the fall.

The programmatic agreement covers reviews for state transportation projects and is expected to cut as much as six weeks from project timelines.

A congressional analysis shows President Donald Trump steered Corps of Engineers funding for flood risk reduction projects to states with Republican administrations.

A May 22 U.S. Government Accountability Office report says the Transportation Dept. has not properly deployed a program to disburse billions of dollars for more countrywide electric vehicle infrastructure.

Planned cuts include $15.2B from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, $2.6B from energy efficiency and renewable energy programs and $1.1B from climate change-related research

Industry contractor groups generally welcomed certainty around disputes that will be heard, particularly by NLRB while Wilcox's case is adjudicated by the lower courts.

Barletta Heavy Division Inc. settled with the state over illegal disposal of contaminated fill from the $410M 6/10 connector construction project.