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07/17/2014 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 38 STATES AND D.C. FROM A YEAR AGO BUT DECLINED IN 27 STATES FROM MAY TO JUNE AS RECOVERY REMAINS 'CHOPPY'
07/09/2014 NEW REPORT SHOWING AMERICA'S RURAL ROADS HAVE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES AND HIGH FATALITY RATES IS A STARK REMINDER OF NEED FOR NEW HIGHWAY FUNDING
07/02/2014 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ADDS 6,000 JOBS IN JUNE AS SECTOR'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINES TO 8.2 PERCENT, LOWEST JUNE LEVEL IN SIX YEARS
06/30/2014 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING INCHES HIGHER IN MAY FOR THIRD STRAIGHT MONTH AS GAINS IN PRIVATE NONRESIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION OFFSET HOUSING DIP
06/29/2014 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 218 OUT OF 339 METRO AREAS BETWEEN MAY 2013 & 2014 AS 28 AREAS MATCH OR EXCEED PREVIOUS RECORDS FOR THE MONTH
06/19/2014 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 40 STATES AND D.C. FROM A YEAR AGO AND IN 30 STATES AND D.C. FROM APRIL TO MAY AS SECTOR SLOWLY REBUILDS
06/17/2014 NEW SENATE HIGHWAY FUNDING PROPOSAL PROVIDES THE KIND OF LONG-TERM FUNDING SOLUTIONS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN COUNTRY'S AGING ROADS AND BRIDGES
06/09/2014 NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION JOINS HIRING OUR HEROES PROGRAM AS PART OF EFFORT TO ADD 100,000 VETERANS TO WORKFORCE IN FIVE YEARS
06/05/2014 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ADDS 6,000 JOBS IN MAY AS SECTOR'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINES TO 8.6 PERCENT, LOWEST MAY LEVEL IN SIX YEARS
06/01/2014 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RISES MODESTLY IN APRIL FOR THIRD STRAIGHT MONTH AS GAINS IN HOUSING AND PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION OFFSET PRIVATE NONRESIDENTIAL DIP