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Updates about construction professionals in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.

Dodge offers data on projected 2022 construction starts in the Jackson, Mississippi area.

Dodge offers data on projected 2022 construction starts in the Dallas area.

Updates on projects and companies in the Texas & Louisiana region.

Reports from key industry events across the Texas & Louisiana region.

Federal officials are threatening to take the Texas General Land Office to court over the way the state distributed $1 billion in storm mitigation project funds.

An effort to bolster flood control in northeast Houston through improvements to the Lake Houston dam have been scaled back due to financial constraints on the project. Houston officials say that the length of proposed floodgates will need to be reduced by half to meet the project’s budget.

Contractor will begin full construction on Driftwood complex in Louisiana under a $15.5-billion fixed-price contract, but gas projects now are set for added federal scrutiny in a tighter FERC approval policy adopted Feb. 17 in a 3-2 vote.

Detailed analysis of the catastrophic 2021 Texas winter storm finds systemic flaws in the state's electric sector contributed to a "cascade of failures" that overwhelmed the power grid.