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Congressional inaction taking its toll on roads

Published: May 23, 2012
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Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay.

Obama: Failing to extend highway bill inexcusable (UPDATE)

Published: August 31, 2011
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By JULIE PACE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Warning of dire consequences for the nation’s workers, President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Congress to extend bills that give money to highways and air travel that he said would protect a million jobs. “For construction workers and their families across the country, it represents the difference [...]

Minnesota contractors struggle amid transportation spending uncertainty

Published: June 11, 2010
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Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — The Caterpillar plant in Brooklyn Park was humming with manufacturing activity. During a recent media tour of the company’s Paving Products Plant, scores of Cat employees went about the business of producing pavers, compactors, mixers and other equipment used to build and maintain roads. Still, the factory would [...]