Sep 18 Watch 7:25 In Cambodia, sand mining is big business -- but it comes at a price By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman Sand mining accounts for 85 percent of all worldwide mineral extraction, a $70 billion industry. In Cambodia, the practice is big business -- but it comes with a price. The country relies upon the Mekong River for commerce and transportation,… Continue watching
Feb 02 9 takeaways from the January jobs report By Daniel Bush The economy added 200,000 jobs last month, according to new data released Friday. Continue reading
Jul 05 Ahead of retirement wave, some states fill jobs with apprenticeships By Sophie Quinton, Stateline While President Donald Trump and state lawmakers around the country extol the benefits of apprenticeships — and put money behind grants and tax credits to encourage private sector companies to offer them — some state agencies are creating their own… Continue reading
Sep 10 America's most common workplace injury is hearing loss By Zhai Yun Tan, Kaiser Health News Eight years ago, Jeff Ammon, now 55, began noticing a feeling of pressure in his ears every day after work. Continue reading
Aug 30 U.S. construction is on the rebound after the Great Recession By Tim Henderson, Stateline Overall, the construction industry’s impact on U.S. gross domestic product has grown by more than 21 percent since its low point in 2011, according to a Stateline analysis of inflation-adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 1:50 These girls build their future every time they go to construction class By PBS News Hour High school students Channell Rogers and Sierra Buster refuse to let gender stereotypes prevent them from pursuing construction, a hobby they both enjoy and a career they both aspire to. Our Student Reporting Labs report as part of Outside the… Continue watching
Jan 20 World's first 3-D-printed apartment building debuts in China By Justin Scuiletti Exclusive: WinSun builds world's first #3Dprinting villa and tallest 3D printed apartmenthttp://t.co/2km9k62NCx pic.twitter.com/J6oJK9qYO3 — 3D Printing & 3Ders (@3dersorg) January 18, 2015 A Chinese company has set another world first… Continue reading
Jul 30 Senate passes $8B bill to fund highways through December By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Senate delivered an unexpectedly strong vote Tuesday in favor of taking action later this year to resolve the chronic funding problems that have bedeviled highway and transit programs, a sign that Congress may have reached the limit… Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch Construction companies relying on federal Highway Trust Fund face Congressional roadblock By PBS News Hour The federal Highway Trust Fund is running out of money. Congress only has a few weeks to find more revenue, the Obama administration warned, or else the states will see a 28 percent reduction in federal funds, and 700,000 jobs… Continue watching
Jul 02 Federal highway fund at risk of running out of gas By Joan Lowy, Associated Press States will begin to feel the pain of cutbacks in federal aid as soon as the first week in August if lawmakers don't act, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a letter to states. That's because the balance in the… Continue reading