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Tech, workforce recruitment and retention hot in 2024

Members of Waterways Council Inc. (WCI) and maritime industry stakeholders gathered in New Orleans for WCI’s annual Waterways Symposium.

With historic funding for badly needed projects arriving at the same time as historic shortages of construction workers, what can states do to open up the employment pipeline?

Contractors and developers across Connecticut agree their industry is going through a time like none other in memory: Demand for new housing is intense at all ends of the market, while labor costs are soaring and construction materials are often scarce and sometimes staggeringly expensive.

National trade association comes to Indianapolis, tours Gainbridge Fieldhouse construction.

FreightWaves Haul of Fame: St. Johnsbury Trucking proudly served the Northeast for more than 70 years A St.Johnsbury Trucking tractor-trailer. (Photo: Gary Morton Collection) St. Johnsbury Trucking was formed by brothers Harry and Milton (Mickey) Zabarksy in 1920 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Even earlier (1918), Maurice, the youngest brother, helped their father convert a roadster into a truck and began hauling area farmers’ milk to market.  As the company became more established, Harr...

of injection of new systems, new rules, new requirements for the financial system. at a banking hearing some months ago, a concern was expressed by senator johnson and others, actually, and the whole issue was how it is this going to be harmonized internationally? deputy secretary wall and said we are working closely with our g-20 partners to make sure we get our regimen networks worldwide so we dont have new opportunities for arbitrage. we are concerned about you end up with his u.s. ...

host: president obama yesterday at the white house in a statement following the death of gaddafi in libya. nato is set to meet today to likely officially end the mission, the bombing mission that it has been conducting there. in our first 45 minutes, we will talk about the presidents approach to the libya operation. theres a number of analysis pieces this morning that suggested could be a template for future u.s. missions. the concept of libya -- a new model for? -- a new model for war...