ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 7 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Jobs Increase In 32 States And D.C. Between November 2024 And November 2025; 26 States And D.C. Add Construction Jobs In November * Wed, 01/07/2026 - 13:19 Texas and Iowa Have Highest 12-Month Gains, While New York and New Jersey Have the Worst Yearly Declines; Minnesota and Idaho Top Lists of Monthly Gainers; Arizona and Alabama Experience more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley-Backed Infrastructure Law Delivers Millions for Iowa to Fund Safer Streets, Trucker Workforce Training and More * WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed announcements from the Department of Transportation (DOT) that Iowa will receive millions in funding to support programs aimed at building safer streets and roads, bolstering public safety and supporting Commercial Motor Vehi more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Scott Slams ED for Approving of Iowa's K-12 Funding Waiver, and Hamstring ED's Authority to Hold States Accountable Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Department of Education (ED) Secretary, Linda McMahon a more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education Approves Iowa's Returning Education to the States Waiver * Iowa is the first state to receive approval for a Returning Education to the States Waiver Today, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) approved Iowa's Returning Education to the States Waiver, empowering state education officials to have more discretion over their federal education dollars. Iowa is the first more PR