Construction Materials Prices Flat in June, 2.5% Lower Than a Year Ago, says ABC Analysis
An analysis by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) says that construction materials prices in June inched up just 0.1% from the previous mon...
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MS: Mississippi Beats Fiscal Year 2023 Revenue Expectations by Nearly $700 Million
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced that Mississippi revenue collections exceeded expectations by $699,647,493 in Fiscal Year 2023. In total, Missi...
Survey Says Hybrid/Mixed Work Still Unusual, But Increasingly Common in 2021
The share of U.S. jobs worked on-site dropped roughly 10 percentage points from 84% in 2019 to 74% in 2021, the first full year of the pandemic, accor...
NC: Merck, NC A&T to Establish Biotech Training Center at Gateway Research Park
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Merck announced a collaboration agreement today for Merck to build a biotechnology trai...
Clean Energy Jobs on the Rise, Says U.S. Department of Energy Jobs Report
Jobs in the clean energy industry grew by 3.9% last year, outpacing overall U.S. employment and all other forms of energy, according to the Department...
KS: Governor Kelly Signs Kansas Apprenticeship Act to Build Skilled Workforce Throughout State
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly ceremonially signed House Bill 2292, bipartisan legislation that promotes and expands apprenticeships with businesses, healthc...
Ports Awarded $40 Million from U.S. Dept. of Transportation for Infrastructure Improvements
Ports received nearly $40 million in federal dollars from the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) in the FY2023 round of funding from the Rebuildi...
MN: DEED Awards $3.5 Million in Contamination Cleanup Grants, Will Create 519 Community Jobs
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced nearly $3.6 million in total grant awards to help six communities pay...
Administration Invests $60 Million to Create a Climate-Ready Workforce
The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) opened a competitive funding opportunity for the Climate Ready Wor...
Administration Outlines Plan to Strengthen Semiconductor Supply Chains
The U.S. Department of Commerce shared the Biden-Harris Administration’s strategic vision to strengthen the semiconductor supply chain through CHIPS f...