Thanks to a burst of late June activity by the House Appropriations Committee, the first batch of fiscal year 2023 spending bills was nearing a House floor vote by the week of July 18.

Nonresidential spending fell 0.8% in March, ABC analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows.

Spending in the nonresidential sector has been falling for several months, says ABC

Nov. 6 ballot measure would repeal 2017 gas tax that will pump billions into transportation work

Construction and engineering firms that pursue federal infrastructure work will see the benefits flowing from a $21.2-billion boost in infrastructure funds in a newly enacted $1.3-trillion package for fiscal year 2018.