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Aug 4 • 3:01 AM EDT • Technology • petapixel.com

If Not AOC, Then Who?

What do we do if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decides not to run for president in 2028? It makes sense that many leftists are currently focused on calling on her to take the plunge. But the absence of a Plan B, or even much discussion about one, is worrisome. The US Left can’t afford to sit out the 2028 Democratic primary. Doing so in 2024 was a disaster: our abstention self-marginalized anti-billionaire politics from the national conversation and thereby gave space for Harris to pivot to the “center” (i.e. the policy preferences of corporate donors, establishment hacks, and AIPAC). Abstaining again in 2028 would be especially counterproductive since democratic socialists now have so much wind in our sails after our big electoral wins in NYC and across the country. It’s time to deepen our momentum, organization, and profile — not to retreat to the margins during America’s single most important political battle. Even more urgently, keeping Trump’s heir out of the White House may depend on whether leftists and the party’s unprecedentedly disenchanted base can force the Democrats in 2028 to take meaningful steps towards a very angry electorate and away from the corporate-consultant blob that has helped get us into this mess. If AOC (or Abdul El-Sayed) decides to run, we should enthusiastically go all in — DSA, fighting unions, progressive organizations, anybody who wants to see a better country and world. But, as far as I can tell from the outside, there’s a real chance that she doesn’t run. And we can’t just wait and see where she lands before discussing alternatives, since AOC’s decision might not come for quite a while, giving us little time to scramble at the last minute for an alternative. So we should start working now on getting a Plan B into motion, and recruiting a good candidate for the role. Here’s one idea. A Worker Candidate — Healthcare Not Warfare 2028 Run a union worker Leftists don’t need to always run experienced, well-known socialist politicians for high-profile contests. Lula, the current president of Brazil, began his political career as a metalworker militant who ran for governor of São Paulo in 1982. Especially in an era of institutional distrust, it’s possible to lean hard into making a virtue out of a working-class comrade’s distance from traditional politics. Experience abroad shows this clearly. Rachel Kéké — an immigrant hotel housekeeper — ran as the candidate of the leftist La France Insoumise for the National Assembly in 2022, defeating a former minister in the Macron government. The Belgian Workers’ Party in 2024 won its first Flemish seat in the European Parliament by running Rudi Kennes, a three-decade veteran of the Opel Antwerp auto factory. And the South Korean left in 2024 elected auto factory militant Yoon Jong-oh to the National Assembly. If a tiny French Trotskyist organization could make such a big splash in 2002 and 2007 by running a well-spoken postal worker cadre for office — the LCR’s Olivier Besancenot received about 1.5 million first-round votes — it’s not far-fetched to expect that a much larger organization like DSA, together with a broader coalition of the willing, could run this playbook to much greater effect. This is especially the case now that almost everything DSA does immediately becomes a national news story. We don’t need someone famous. We just need a charismatic, well-vetted comrade who works in a relatable working-class occupation — e.g. a nurse, or a worker in auto or construction, or at Amazon. Ideally, they have a compelling personal story or have been part of a significant strike or organizing campaign, but even those criteria don’t necessarily have to be deal-breakers. The main lesson of the Graham Platner fiasco isn’t that we should never run outsiders for office (the momentum he generated proves the exact opposite), but that they need proper vetting and roots in democratic membership organizations like DSA or a union. In any case, there are plenty of ways to signal working-class authenticity without resorting to Platner’s or Fetterman’s performative macho white dude affect. Better to have someone of any gender or race who is actually working class, with firm socialist politics, who can speak from experience about the day-to-day realities of trying to make it in America. There are surely at least a dozen such worker leaders in our movement nationwide; we just need to sit down and convince one that their personal sacrifice for the greater good (i.e. running for president) will be worth it. If we don’t have a frontrunner with a clear path to victory like AOC (or El-Sayed, were he to win Michigan), it’s better to embrace someone whose decision to run in itself tells an important story about US politics: workers have been iced out of our political system and are now fighting hard to break back in. The novelty factor, in itself, would generate press. And it would help democratic socialists signal to the American public that our movement’s defining characteristic is that we represent workers vs. bosses, not that we’re “the furthest left” force in American politics — a framework that suggests we’re extremists and that helps our opponents isolate us from non-college-educated voters by highlighting extremely minoritarian (and misguided) stances included in DSA’s platform like prison abolition. We don’t get many opportunities to speak to tens of millions of Americans; we need to use these opportunities to broaden our appeal beyond those already in our orbit. Run to polarize the 2028 primary and general election around “Medicare for All” and “End All Aid to Israel” Why should democratic socialists use our scarce time and volunteer energy to run in a race we’re unlikely to win? Running in the 2028 primary will not only recruit us scores of members (imagine having a DSA member intervening in eleven nationally televised primary debates!), but — more importantly — it has the potential to be a decisive leap forward towards an America that finally starts meeting the needs of working people instead of HMO and AIPAC billionaire donors. Polarizing litmus tests are good, actually — as long as they’re fought for around popular demands in a thoughtful and strategic way. Democratic socialists have an opportunity and responsibility to make the 2028 primary about two of the most widely and deeply felt issues of our moment: domestically, America’s unaffordable, family-breaking private healthcare system; internationally, America’s bankrolling of the genocidal Israeli government. A candidacy relentlessly demanding Medicare for All and No Aid to Israel would pose a sharp question to the American public, the Democratic Party, and other 2028 contenders: Why can’t working-class Americans afford their healthcare bills at the same time that our government is spending at least $3.8 billion yearly to fund an Israeli regime eager to keep dragging us and the world into more forever wars? Our candidate can agitate around a clear message: I’m running to give voice to all those working-class Americans who are struggling to get by. No matter what state you live in, who you voted for in 2024, or your background, it’s just plain common sense that we should make healthcare more affordable instead of spending billions to enable the Israeli government’s crimes against humanity. Every American who agrees with me when I say ‘Medicare for All — Not a Dime for Israel’ should make their voice heard through our campaign. Racking up a high number of votes for this agenda is a crucial way to show the Democratic Party and the country as a whole that we can’t keep supporting a life-destroying status quo in our healthcare system and in the Middle East. If we want to defeat Trump’s handpicked crony this coming November, we need to speak to ordinary people’s frustrations with the status quo — we can’t keep running the same tired establishment playbook and expecting a different result. For those highly engaged voters (or skeptical media pundits) who raise concerns about wasting votes, the candidate can take the time to explain why this isn’t the case: It's true I'm a long shot. But Zohran showed anything can happen — and voting for me is a pragmatic decision, not a wasted vote. In a heavily divided primary with a large number of candidates and a very discredited establishment, my campaign and the democratic socialist movement I’m part of are positioned to be the balance of power if we can get a large enough number of voters to loudly demand Healthcare Not Warfare. Since there’s a high chance no candidate will get to 50% in the 2028 primaries, the Democrats could very well be heading towards a brokered convention, where a disciplined, principled current committed to breaking from corporate donors can play an outsized role in making sure whoever ends up with the nomination raises the banner of single-payer healthcare and cutting aid to Israel. How exactly could running this sort of primary campaign be translated into actual leverage? The candidate replies: I’m aiming to win the nomination, but if I don’t achieve that goal, my delegates and I will pledge our support in the primary only for a candidate who agrees in the general election to call for ending US aid to Israel and establishing Medicare for All at home. These are both winning planks for November against the Republicans, and the only reason I can see that other candidates haven’t yet raised these is that they’re still more scared of the donor class than they are of the people. That needs to change. If Democratic leaders want young people, workers, and those sick of the status quo to show up in big numbers this November, they need to meet us halfway. In this way, whether or not we win the nomination, democratic socialists could still play a decisive role in 2028. The approach outlined here is similar to what radical left parties periodically do in parliamentary democracies like Denmark or Sweden when they find themselves as a junior partner electorally: they dictate to center-left allies what their terms would be for enabling, from the outside, the formation of a new government. Running a Healthcare Not Warfare candidate will make it significantly more likely that the 2028 Democratic candidate stands with ordinary people instead of donors on these two pivotal planks — a shift that will, in turn, make it easier to achieve the existentially important task of defeating MAGA’s heir in November. Look at how much popular traction the Uncommitted movement got with a similar strategy in 2024 with so little on-the-ground organization — surely we can go much further with a working-class candidate, a much bigger DSA, and a Democratic Party base that has turned against Israel, billionaires, and the hacks in the party who prop them up. Objections and Responses There are quite a few objections to this proposal, many of which are very reasonable. Let me briefly address each here. Socialists shouldn’t waste their scarce time and resources on a candidate unlikely to win. This is a good rule in general, but there are important exceptions, and presidential elections are the main one. There’s no other political contest that gets anything like this level of attention and engagement in the US, so if you want to be a serious force in nationwide politics, you basically can’t afford not to have a candidate. Far from being an overall drain on our resources, running a dynamic 2028 campaign would likely result in a major net increase in members and capacity. In that spirit, the very pragmatic Milwaukee sewer socialists — who mostly ran to win at home in Wisconsin — supported Eugene Debs’s propagandistic presidential campaigns, which they correctly saw as a crucial means of recruiting to the Socialist Party. And now that the (post-1972) Democratic Party gives more weight to voters than party operatives in determining its presidential nomination, it’s become feasible to run as a socialist in primaries without risking a split in the vote against the Republicans in November. We should just support Ro Khanna, who also supports M4A and ending aid to Israel. I like Ro Khanna and would enthusiastically vote and canvass for him for president were he to get the nomination. But there’s a real chance that Khanna’s bid for office doesn’t catch on; he lacks the grassroots organizational apparatus of DSA, and, because he’s not really of the Left or labor (despite his current very good positions), he’s unlikely to generate the type of buy-in and enthusiasm that a DSA candidate would. Moreover, Khanna would be running as an individual, not as someone emerging from and building an organized movement — his campaign would not likely focus on building sustained power from below, nor would it likely polarize the 2028 primary around M4A and Israel aid. Also, and not inconsequentially, the poor electoral results for Tom Steyer and Saikat Chakrabarti this spring suggest that there’s perhaps not much of a popular appetite in the Democrats’ base to support multi-millionaire class traitors. Much better, then, to run a democratic socialist worker. If by Super Tuesday it’s clear that our campaign has captured the main left lane in the primary, Khanna should drop out and endorse us; conversely, if he’s managed to capture this lane, DSA could at that point transform its Healthcare Not Warfare campaign into an independent campaign to elect Ro Khanna focused on winning (and holding him accountable to) those two critical planks. An openness to consolidating an anti-corporate candidate by Super Tuesday is a necessary component of the strategy I’m proposing, because otherwise we risk splitting the primary votes (per DNC rules, you need at least 15% to get any delegates to convention). We should convince Shawn Fain or Sara Nelson to run for president instead. I agree it’d be great if either ran for president, but my impression is that there’s basically no chance that will happen in 2028, because both are firmly focused on their union leadership duties (and, in the case of Fain, beating back a federal witch-hunt). This plan could have DSA end up endorsing a non-socialist, non-DSAer for president. That’s against our principles. It’s a myth, and bad politics, that socialists can’t ever support candidates who aren’t members of their organization and/or who don’t call themselves socialists. Bernie, after all, was not a DSAer. And socialists abroad regularly make tactical decisions about if and when supporting a non-socialist candidate makes sense from the standpoint of promoting working-class interests, defending democracy, and building a socialist current in the process. If your “principles” prevent you and DSA from helping achieve the momentous stride forward of having a Democratic candidate in 2028 run on Medicare for All and ending aid to Israel, those “principles” are not very good. In fact, they actively undermine the causes they’re aiming to support. We shouldn’t confuse principles (working-class independence) with tactics (the best way to advance this in a given context). In my recent article in Catalyst on Milwaukee sewer socialism (I’ve uploaded the full text here), I have a section showing how similarly rigid rules about endorsements had to be eventually discarded in the old Socialist Party nationwide after WWI because they tended to lead socialists towards a sectarian abstention from broader anti-corporate electoral insurgencies beyond their party’s control. For what it’s worth, Lenin’s current under Tsarism frequently backed bourgeois candidates in the second round of elections and Lenin himself advocated that British Communists support Labour Party candidates; for his part, Kautsky in 1912 defended the German Social Democracy’s electoral pact with the Progressives in the runoffs. If our predecessors could be that tactically flexible in an era before the limits of their underlying strategic assumptions about intransigent class politics in capitalist democracies were made clear, then there’s no need to insist on being more tactically rigid today, after a century’s worth of accumulated experience. As long as you maintain your own political profile and organization while engaging in broader coalitional efforts, there’s zero inherent contradiction with the principle of political independence. More specifically: DSA and allied organizations should enthusiastically back Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed if AOC declines to run and he throws his hat in the presidential ring. (I have no idea whether he’s even considering this path, but there’ll surely be chatter about it if he wins his Senate race this November.) Though he doesn’t call himself a socialist, El-Sayed is a principled Berniecrat, a consistent fighter for Palestine, and would have a clear path to victory. Using the “s” word is far less important than whether a campaign fights for the interests of working people at home and abroad — and whether actively participating in it can grow the organized working class and the Left. And the same holds true if a less anti-corporate candidate were, under pressure, to adopt our two Healthcare Not Warfare planks. Why focus only on M4A and ending US aid to Israel? There are so many other important issues to fight for! Obviously there are many pivotal issues beyond healthcare and Israel, and our candidate — and especially our organizations involved in the campaign — should be prepared to speak on all of these. But one of the crucial lessons of the Zohran campaign is that you have to relentlessly stay on message if you want to cut through the noise. CNN and Fox News will want to talk about DSA’s views on Venezuela and abolishing the police; we need to polarize the debate on the widely and deeply felt issues that are most favorable for growing the Left, isolating our opponents, and winning urgently needed changes. One recent poll found 63% of Americans support M4A, even after respondents were told it would raise taxes and eliminate most private insurance. Another found that 74% of Democrats opposed “providing additional economic and military support to Israel.” And focusing on two demands sets the campaign up to be able to leverage its mandate to make clear demands upon other candidates (which we can’t do if we run with a laundry list of demands). Talking about a Plan B is a distraction from the more urgent work of building a groundswell of calls on AOC to run. It’s good for DSAers, fightback unionists, and progressive organizations to try to convince AOC to run. This proposal is meant as an addendum to pushes to get AOC to run and to line DSA up for that eventuality, not as a substitute for those efforts. But I’m worried that, like in 2024, we might eventually find ourselves with no time to find a viable alternative unless we start now. DSA, with its abundant deliberative processes, moves slowly. The approach you’re suggesting seems risky. If a DSA candidate runs but doesn’t receive a lot of votes, it’ll undercut our current national momentum. This is a reasonable worry. All big initiatives always carry risks, and the path I’m advocating is certainly not free of these. That said, if a Healthcare Not Warfare campaign doesn’t catch on like we envisioned, it’s a pretty simple pivot in March 2028 to explain that in the future we really need our standard-bearers like AOC, or our growing bench of national electeds, to step up in presidential primaries. Moreover, it’s worth noting that the risk of my Plan B proposal is on the whole significantly less than the risk entailed by an AOC run. We should all back her if she runs, since she’d fire up the base, provide huge openings for organizing, have a real shot at defeating a Republican (especially given MAGA’s unpopularity), be a great standard-bearer for our issues, particularly M4A and ending aid to Israel, and be less willing than mainstream candidates to capitulate to any anti-democratic machinations from Trump and co. But it’s also true that AOC could lose, which would be a devastating setback to the country and the Left. Or she could win and find herself unable to pass much, if any, of her (and our) program, a demoralizing prospect. So if we’re willing to take these risks with AOC (and we should), it follows that we should be able to take lower-level risks if she doesn’t throw her hat in the ring. What’s Your Plan B? The US Left is facing its biggest opening for growth and influence since the 1930s. Initiatives that would have been impossible a few months ago are now potentially feasible. A President AOC is now easier to imagine, but if she ultimately assesses that the risks aren’t worth the potential reward in 2028, we can’t be left flat-footed. So even if you’re not convinced by the specifics of my Plan B, I hope you can at least agree that it’d be a disaster for us not to have one — and not to start getting a Plan B into motion. Hopefully other organizers and political currents will put forward their responses and alternative ideas ASAP. The stakes are too high to just wait and see. More As always, please share this article widely. This newsletter depends on all you lovely people to get the word out. Thank you! I uploaded the full text of my Catalyst article on Milwaukee sewer socialism here (it’s updated and 3x as long as the version published earlier on this substack). If you haven’t yet, please make sure to subscribe to Catalyst here; I read every issue front to back, highly recommend. 🌹🎵 Ivan Lins (arranged by Arthur Verocai) — “General da Banda” 🌹🎵

Aug 3 • 12:50 PM EDT • Politics • laborpolitics.com

West Bend farmer worries sediment from city construction project might hurt his business

A West Bend farm owner is speaking out after sediment flowed onto his property during Monday’s rain, and he said the city might be to blame.

Aug 3 • 9:30 AM EDT • Business • tmj4.com

Tim Steller’s column: Grant Road businesses fold as construction adds to woes

For Star subscribers: The reconstruction of Grant Road is helping kill off Tucson businesses already weakened by street drug addiction and the sumer doldrums.

Aug 1 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • tucson.com

Science Inquiry Comes Alive for Jacket Middle Schoolers

Snails, sidewalks and Double Stuff Oreos... At Partnership Middle School, instructors are finding innovative ways to help students connect the classroom to what they see in the real world every day. By integrating hands-on experiences and scientific investigations into weekly lessons, 6th and 7th grade science teachers push their classes to explore the curriculum standards through the lens of critical thinking, communication with their peers, experimentation, and scientific inquiry. Last week, two different approaches for two different grade levels saw Jacket teachers ignite the same spark for learning. On Tuesday, 6th graders in Lydia Jones' science class took their lessons outside as they explored the school grounds to identify living and non-living things. Despite the warm temperatures, they engaged in discovering unexpected objects on the campus and connecting that to what they learned in class about the criteria for what qualifies a thing as "living". Ms. Jones tasked students with walking the grounds and listing as many living and non-living things they could find in just a few minutes. Students spotted a fire hydrant, construction vehicles, grass, trees, soccer equipment, rocks, sidewalks, and even a snail hidden in the plants. After they finished the exploration, students returned to the regular classroom to discuss their results and whether their objects were classified correctly. On Thursday, 7th graders in Omini Parks' science class participated in their first lab of the semester as they explored and identified the physical properties of a favorite snack -- Oreos. Ms. Parks identified the class objective before the lab activity began by writing the academic standard on the dry erase board in a declarative statement: "I can collect and evaluate qualitative data to describe substances using physical properties." Students watched a video about how Oreo sandwich cookies are made, and then engaged in a question and answer discussion to give observations on the manufacturing process, review various types of physical properties and their scientific terminology, and talk generally about how the lab inquiry would work. The Q&A ended with a predictable question from students... "Will we be able to eat the Oreos?" The hands-on lab exercise required the 7th grade scientists to observe and record the differences between regular Oreos and the Double Stuff variety based on their physical properties. They followed the instructions in their lab brief to chart a comparison between the two types of cookies by observing properties with their magnifying lenses, measuring the height and diameter of both, and weighing the cookies with and without their filling. The activity let students put their lessons about physical properties into practice with real objects while also practicing vocabulary and writing skills to record their observations and using math skills from the last school year like taking measurements and calculating averages. Of course, they ended the lab by charting the taste of the cookies as well! These types of activities allow students to see the science standards they are learning come to life in the real world and engage with the content in new ways. Beyond that, they serve as a foundation for encouraging and growing scientific inquiry. Later in the school year, students will use the scientific method they are learning to complete science projects that require real research and the ability to explain and answer questions about their process and results. At the school-level competitive Science Fair last year, 41 Partnership students earned a place in the 2026 regional Science Fair held at MSU. From there, 14 advanced to the State Science Fair conducted at Northeast Mississippi Community College in April.

Aug 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • starkvillesd.com

Construction's new approach: Protecting margins with risk management

Mid-market construction firms face margin pressure from cost volatility and labor shortages, making proactive risk management key to profitability.

Aug 1 • 2:00 AM EDT • Business • bizjournals.com

The hidden costs of delaying a commercial construction project

When business owners postpone a commercial construction project, the decision is often driven by good intentions. Delaying a project doesn't pause its costs. In many cases, it simply changes where those costs show up.

Aug 1 • 1:00 AM EDT • Business • bizjournals.com

Omaha streetcar construction reaches Midtown; longtime business owner watches neighborhood evolve

Construction for the Omaha streetcar project continues to move through the Midtown area.

Jul 31 • 7:51 PM EDT • Business • wowt.com

Chickasaw Nation breaks ground on healthcare campus in Newcastle

The Chickasaw Nation has started construction on a new medical center in Newcastle, Oklahoma, designed to improve health care access for First American families and the Oklahoma City metro area.

Jul 31 • 7:10 PM EDT • Health • koco.com

Business impact fund available for those affected by Omaha Streetcar construction

An impact fund for businesses affected by the Omaha Streetcar construction is now taking applications.

Jul 31 • 4:24 PM EDT • Business • wowt.com

A look at new construction projects and property deals in Ascension Parish

Ascension Parish recently announced new construction projects, property transactions and upcoming business events, Ascension Business Report writes. The parish issued permits for two major projects, including a $3 million, 10,483-square-foot building at The Church International on La. 42 in Prairieville, with Living Solutions Construction as the contractor, and a $400,000, 11,840-square-foot pre-engineered mixed-use metal building […]

Jul 31 • 10:13 AM EDT • Business • businessreport.com

Sphere Entertainment Co (SPHR) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Sphere Revenue Growth ...

Sphere Entertainment Co (SPHR) reports a 30% revenue surge in its Sphere segment driven by 'The Wizard of Oz,' while advancing construction on new venues in Abu Dhabi and National Harbor.

Jul 30 • 7:02 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com

Upper Merion Township proposes $200 million sports stadium

Officials in Upper Merion, Montgomery County, want to develop a stadium to host professional baseball and soccer teams, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal. | KYW Newsradio

Jul 30 • 9:50 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com

Dem senator swipes credit for bill he opposed amid heated reelection bid: 'Disturbing pattern'

Jon Ossoff touted Georgia military construction wins at Fort Benning and Fort Stewart despite voting against the bill that funded those improvements.

Jul 30 • 8:27 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Fort Worth arcade closing after owner says road construction hurt business

Owner Shannon Bell said construction along Keller Hicks Road has created ongoing challenges for more than two years.

Jul 29 • 7:35 PM EDT • Business • spectrumlocalnews.com

Art Mart Owner Karen Fisher Expands Her Business in the Village

By Laurie Lunsford— MUNCIE, IN—“You are never too old to learn. Strive to do something new every day,” says Karen Fisher, teacher, artist, and owner of Art Mart. Fisher’s “something new” is construction. She is expanding her business in the Village by adding a large art classroom in the former tanning salon space in the strip mall. Along with wielding a paintbrush, she is learning to use tools to remove 20 tanning rooms, replace old flooring, and build fresh walls. Her dream is to create a place where people can gather and make art. She wants a place where she...

Jul 29 • 10:21 AM EDT • Business • munciejournal.com

Snowmass town officials report booming business to ACRA

Many construction projects underway, more planned in coming years

Jul 29 • 4:45 AM EDT • Business • aspendailynews.com

Willie Nelson urges communities to ‘fight against data centers’ that are ‘destroying the environment’

Willie Nelson called on Americans to fight against rampant data center construction. The Central Texas native urged his social media followers to “fight against data centers invading our land” and “destroying the environment.”

Jul 28 • 11:03 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

Madeira business owners say years-long construction project is threatening their survival

Shops report 30% drop in revenue as redevelopment project stretches into third year

Jul 28 • 10:36 PM EDT • Business • fox19.com

Construction season hinders seasonal business in Avon

As Avon attempts to accommodate rapid growth in the city, a longtime family farm market said construction season has been interfering with their business season.

Jul 28 • 6:47 PM EDT • Business • news5cleveland.com

Oregon restaurant hit by construction and cyclospora outbreak sees business drop nearly 50%

This summer, the restaurant is facing a combination of challenges that has cut business by nearly half.

Jul 28 • 6:16 PM EDT • Business • 13abc.com

Richland Parish businesses experience an uptick in sales and services as construction on the Meta AI Data Center begins

With the world’s largest data center yet being built in Richland Parish, Louisiana, local businesses are adapting and evolving to meet the growing needs of the incoming investment. More jobs

Jul 28 • 6:00 PM EDT • Business • nola.com

What’s being built, bought and planned in Ascension Parish

Here are the latest property transactions, issued permits and upcoming business-related events in Ascension Parish. Issued permits New construction for a 10,483-square-foot building at The Church International on La. 42 in Prairieville. The project is valued at $3 million, with Living Solutions Construction as the listed contractor. New construction permit for an 11,840-square-foot PEMB mixed-use […]

Jul 28 • 4:00 PM EDT • Business • businessreport.com

Waffle House looking to move forward with Prairieville project

Restaurant chain Waffle House has filed for a new construction permit to begin work on the company’s first Prairieville location. According to the permit, the building will comprise 1,840 square … Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Already an INSIDER? Sign in

Jul 28 • 10:38 AM EDT • Business • businessreport.com

Giants Announce Major Upgrades to Practice Facility

The New York Giants have been much maligned for MetLife Stadium since it opened, but their practice facility in East Rutherford is getting a major overhaul. The Giants unveiled plans to enhance their facility with more than 93,500 square feet of new construction and 46,000 square feet of renovations to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. The Giants will boost the home locker room inside their practice facility to 6,000 square feet while also enhancing their weight room to 11,000 square feet.

Jul 28 • 9:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Dozens of French Quarter businesses hurt by S&WB construction approved for $97K in assistance

City officials on Monday said they are still exploring ways to use remaining funding.

Jul 27 • 7:47 PM EDT • Business • nola.com

Merrimack business owners complain of ongoing road construction

Some business owners in Merrimack say a construction project is taking its toll on a small plaza along Milford Road.

Jul 27 • 5:28 PM EDT • Business • wmur.com

Galveston businesses ask for I-45 construction delay

Concerned about the effect on businesses during the final weeks of Galveston’s peak tourism season, the Galveston Restaurant Group has asked the Texas Department of Transportation to delay Phase 2,

Jul 27 • 5:10 PM EDT • Business • galvnews.com

Louisiana leads the nation in construction job growth

Louisiana posted the nation’s highest construction employment growth rate over the past year, with employment rising 7.7% between June 2025 and June 2026. That’s according to a new analysis of … Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Already an INSIDER? Sign in

Jul 27 • 10:40 AM EDT • Business • businessreport.com

Lansing Bridge construction impacts businesses, residents

The Skinny Dip, an ice cream shop in town, has seen its summer business cut in half since the bridge's closure.

Jul 26 • 6:02 PM EDT • Business • kcrg.com

Beyond Self-Care: Workplace Approaches to Mental Health

Across law, medicine, construction, aviation, and other fields, mental health efforts are shifting from self-care toward healthier systems.

Jul 25 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • psychologytoday.com

Downtown Bakersfield construction snarls parking, hurting businesses

Jul 24 • 8:18 PM EDT • Business • bakersfieldnow.com

Construction slows down business at downtown Sioux Falls restaurant

Despite a sales drop from nearby construction, Roots of Brasil says it remains open and is looking forward to its annual festival and serving more customers.

Jul 24 • 7:17 PM EDT • Business • dakotanewsnow.com

Cedar Crossing Casino to announce grand opening date, concert lineup

The Cedar Crossing Casino and Entertainment Center says it will share construction updates, as well as a new grand opening date and reveal its entertainment lineup.

Jul 24 • 10:28 AM EDT • Entertainment • kcrg.com

Suncoast construction, softer tourism weigh on Boyd’s Las Vegas properties

Boyd Gaming generated $1.03 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2026, in line year over year, but revenue was down for its Las Vegas locals and downtown Las Vegas properties.

Jul 23 • 7:10 PM EDT • Business • reviewjournal.com

Health Care Partners expands with new Conway campus

Health Care Partners of South Carolina has begun construction on a new 55,000-square-foot medical campus in Conway

Jul 23 • 4:58 PM EDT • Health • wpde.com

What's Driving You Crazy: Business access construction concerns

Jul 23 • 2:52 PM EDT • Business • kfoxtv.com

U. of C. Scientists Call for Halt to Quantum Construction

Much of their report focuses on contamination at the former South Works property

Jul 23 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • southsideweekly.com

She took over the family business from dad. Now her NOLA construction company is worth $100M.

Gibbs Construction's CEO, a second generation family member, has continued to level-up the business even after 50 years.

Jul 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • nola.com

US to spend $5 billion on health, construction research powered by AI

Agencies will use the funding to identify the root causes of chronic diseases, accelerate drug discovery, develop longer-lasting building materials.

Jul 22 • 9:11 AM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com

US to spend $5 billion on health, construction research powered by AI

The U.S. will spend $5 billion to tackle long-standing scientific problems across multiple fields using AI, the Trump administration said in a statement on ​Wednesday.

Jul 22 • 5:05 AM EDT • Science • reuters.com

US to spend $5 billion on health, construction research powered by AI

The U.S. will spend $5 billion to tackle long-standing scientific problems across multiple fields using AI, the Trump administration said in a statement on ​Wednesday.

Jul 22 • 5:05 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com

US to Spend $5 Billion on Health, Construction Research Powered by AI

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. will ⁠spend $5 ⁠billion to tackle long-standing scientific ⁠problems across multiple fields using AI, the Trump administration said in a statement on Wednesday. The agencies will use the funding to identify the root causes of chronic ...

Jul 22 • 5:05 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com

Tower of small condos rising in Arts & Entertainment District

Construction has begun on a condominium in Downtown Miami’s Arts and Entertainment District. RSP Architects announced the groundbreaking of 14 ROC Miami, a 31-story residential tower in the growing neighborhood. Completion is due in 2028. The

Jul 22 • 3:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • miamitodaynews.com

Business owner says midtown Atlanta construction forced salon to close, sparked rent dispute

The area has been under construction for about three years.

Jul 21 • 8:40 PM EDT • Business • wsbtv.com

Mamdani's commission unveils five ballot proposals on improving government

The questions range from speeding up the construction of bike and bus lanes to establishing a savings target for the city's rainy day fund.

Jul 21 • 8:12 PM EDT • Politics • ny1.com

Mobile City Council revokes All Weather Roofing and Construction’s city business license

The Mobile City Council voted unanimously to remove All Weather Roofing and Construction LLC’s business license.

Jul 21 • 12:49 PM EDT • Business • fox10tv.com

Erin Brockovich's crusade against data centers is going crowd-sourced

The environmental activist said there is a lack of transparency in the country's data center construction.

Jul 21 • 4:34 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Where science meets the shoreline, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory builds for the future

Construction is underway on a new Innovation and Discovery Lab at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory that will expand hands-on learning for students of all ages. The new space will also support research to better understand and protect the water quality of the Iowa Great Lakes.

Jul 20 • 10:48 AM EDT • Science • iowapublicradio.org

Permit issued for $1.6 million Highland Road Estates home, more under construction

Here is a list of commercial and residential building permits issued by East Baton Rouge Parish Government from July 13-17.

Jul 20 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • theadvocate.com

Rice’s new business building named Asha and Farid Virani Hall

Rice has announced that the new building under construction for Rice Business will be named Asha and Farid Virani Hall in recognition of a gift from community and business leaders Asha Virani and Farid Virani.

Jul 20 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • news.rice.edu

NC House shuts down plans for liquor warehouse after construction dispute goes public

A House spokesperson says there’s not enough money to build. Critics say the House is trying to distance itself from the majority leader’s controversial actions on the project.

Jul 20 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • newsobserver.com

Cleveland Fed: Business activity up, but high fuel costs are increasing prices, hurting consumers

Cleveland Fed: Business activity is up, driven by data center construction. But high energy costs are driving prices up and consumption down.

Jul 20 • 4:00 AM EDT • Business • ohiocapitaljournal.com

New business brewing in downtown South Bend

Jul 19 • 10:25 PM EDT • Business • wsbt.com

Tariffs cause delays for Texoma business development

Denison city officials agreed Thursday night to extend construction deadlines at the Foundation Business Park north of town after tariffs slowed progress, forcing companies off their original timelines.

Jul 17 • 11:41 PM EDT • Business • kxii.com

‘Extremely frustrating:’ Alpharetta businesses fed up with years-long Highway 9 construction project

The project includes widening Highway 9 to four lanes.

Jul 17 • 6:56 PM EDT • Business • wsbtv.com

'Support us' | Madeira businesses feel strain as road construction projects intensify

Major road projects in Madeira are disrupting traffic and frustrating business owners who say construction is keeping customers away.

Jul 17 • 5:54 PM EDT • Business • wcpo.com

Business 51 Southside Project begins Stage 3 construction Monday in Stevens Point

The City of Stevens Point will begin Stage 3 construction on the Business 51 Southside Project on Monday, July 20.

Jul 16 • 8:53 AM EDT • Business • wsaw.com

AGC NYS: Data center moratorium a 'missed opportunity' for construction industry

Gov. Kathy Hochul says New York will “lead the way in creating the strongest standards in the nation for data center development,” but critics say this will hurt the Empire State’s bottom line.

Jul 15 • 6:55 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Alpharetta business owners slam road construction project delays

Alpharetta business owners say they are frustrated that a road construction project has been delayed for years, citing damaged driveways, lane closures and other issues that hinder customers from reaching them.

Jul 15 • 9:44 AM EDT • Business • wabe.org

Labor, business groups warn NY data center ban endangers jobs, economy

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Tuesday, July 14, banning the construction of large data centers in New York for one year.

Jul 15 • 3:01 AM EDT • Business • lohud.com

'Weather the storm of construction': New funding for businesses impacted by streetcar

Omaha offers new funding resources for businesses impacted along streetcar route. The Streetcar Business Impact fund provides money to businesses with proven revenue decreases.

Jul 14 • 11:08 PM EDT • Business • ketv.com

South Omaha businesses say little to no communication creates barriers during Plaza de la Raza construction

"I think there should have been like more communication or try to rearrange something beforehand," a South Omaha business owner said.

Jul 14 • 7:50 PM EDT • Business • ketv.com

County business park to get first infrastructure, new name

New Hanover County’s Holly Shelter Business Park could be getting its first infrastructure and a new name in the coming months. The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a $6.5 million infrastructure construction contract and renaming on Monday. Once developed, the approximately 300-acre master-planned industrial park is expected to accommodate more than 2 million square feet of industrial space. The construction contract was awarded to Carolina Civilworks, which submitted the lowest responsive bid for the construction of the infrastructure, Akin Akinola, the county’s engineer, told commissioners on Monday. In May 2023, the county approved a development agreement with Sidbury Land & Property Company to establish the business park. The firm then conveyed approximately 52 acres to the county, giving officials the option to purchase another 200 acres, Akinola said. “The county’s role is to construct the initial public infrastructure that will make the site ready for future development,” he said. “Today’s contract award represents the first major construction phase of that project.” The first phase of development will include approximately 2,750 linear feet of business park roadway, a water main and fire hydrants, along with a sanitary sewer pump station, sewer force main and gravity sewer. Other infrastructure will include a right-turn lane on Holly Shelter Road, along with associated drainage, utilities and traffic control improvements. “Completing this work establishes the backbone infrastructure necessary to serve future development and positions the site for future economic investment,” Akinola said on Monday. County staff, in consultation with Wilmington Business Development officials, are also recommending renaming the park as the I-40 Coastal Commerce Park, said Jennifer Rigby, the county’s chief strategy officer. The new name would emphasize the park’s proximity to I-40 and its location on the coast, she said. Several county commissioners also asked to add New Hanover County's name to the business park's name to commemorate the county's contributions. “We are hoping to achieve space for our businesses to grow and expand here in New Hanover County,” Rigby said. “We’ve had great success with out Blue Clay Business Park and this is another opportunity to really provide locations for our businesses to grow and expand.”

Jul 14 • 3:24 PM EDT • Business • wilmingtonbiz.com

Michael Stella

After successfully leading some of DSI’s most significant industrial developments, Michael Stella has been promoted to Director of Construction at Development Solutions, Inc. (DSI).

Jul 14 • 10:37 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com

New York to impose country’s first statewide moratorium on data centers

New York will block the construction of any new large data centers for up to a year so the state can create a new set of rules.

Jul 14 • 7:36 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

The Quintessential Trump-era Politician

In 2020, I wrote an article about collaboration and collaborators. The title was History Will Judge the Complicit, and it started with the story of two famous East Germans, Markus Wolf and Wolfgang Leonhard, who both landed in East Berlin just after the end of the war. Although they came from very similar backgrounds, the former stuck with the regime, eventually becoming its spy boss; the latter, horrified by the brutal reality of Soviet-style communism, escaped. By way of juxtaposition, I also wrote about Lyndsey Graham and Mitt Romney. These two men also made very different decisions when confronted by Donald Trump’s assault on the ideals that they had both grown up believing: A glance at their biographies would not have led many to predict what happened next. On paper, Graham would have seemed, in 2016, like the man with deeper ties to the military, to the rule of law, and to an old-fashioned idea of American patriotism and American responsibility in the world. Romney, by contrast, with his shifts between the center and the right, with his multiple careers in business and politics, would have seemed less deeply attached to those same old-fashioned patriotic ideals. Most of us register soldiers as loyal patriots, and management consultants as self-interested. We assume people from small towns in South Carolina are more likely to resist political pressure than people who have lived in many places. Intuitively, we think that loyalty to a particular place implies loyalty to a set of values. But in this case the clichés were wrong. It was Graham who made excuses for Trump’s abuse of power. It was Graham—a JAG Corps lawyer—who downplayed the evidence that the president had attempted to manipulate foreign courts and blackmail a foreign leader into launching a phony investigation into a political rival. It was Graham who abandoned his own stated support for bipartisanship and instead pushed for a hyperpartisan Senate Judiciary Committee investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden’s son. It was Graham who played golf with Trump, who made excuses for him on television, who supported the president even as he slowly destroyed the American alliances—with Europeans, with the Kurds—that Graham had defended all his life. By contrast, it was Romney who, in February, became the only Republican senator to break ranks with his colleagues, voting to impeach the president. “Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office,” he said, is “perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine.” In the wake of Graham’s unexpected death on Saturday, I wrote about him again. He was, in many ways, the quintessential politician of Trump’s Washington, a man who shifted 180 degrees. Graham had been a fervent American patriot, proud reserve officer and military lawyer; he became one of the most important defenders of a president who believes soldiers are “suckers and losers” and shows no respect for law of any kind. As his politics changed, his language grew coarser and his behavior grew worse: He urged Israel to “level the place” in Gaza, and insulted the Danish prime minister in Munich, prompting a colleague, Senator Elissa Slotkin, to issue an apology. Here’s an excerpt from the article, which you can read in The Atlantic (gift link here) Like his close friend John McCain, Graham believed that America should stand at the center of a broad democratic alliance. The few times I met him were in that context, at the Munich Security Conference or at other European-American gatherings, which he once attended with great regularity. He also took seriously the practice of American democracy at home. In a 2014 conversation with The Atlantic, he described himself as a pragmatic politician who eschewed populist slogans. “I know Washington is broken, but what’s broken about it is everybody yelling and nobody trying to fix it,” he said. “I’m trying.” When Donald Trump first appeared in U.S. politics, Graham recognized him immediately for what he was: the spokesman for an alien ideology, one radically different from the idealistic patriotism that Graham had practiced and preached since childhood. Trump privately mocked the military that Graham loved as nothing but “suckers and losers.” He put falsehoods, cynicism, and personal greed at the center of his politics, while expressing disdain for transparency, accountability, and democracy itself. In 2015, Graham described Trump as a “race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot” who should “go to hell.” Also as a “nutjob.” When Trump won, Graham understood, as did so many others, that he would have to make some important choices. For a while, he went silent. In the spring of 2016, I saw him at one of those conferences in Europe. He seemed too depressed to speak. But then, like many other Republicans—and, more important, like many other people who have lived under political occupation or experienced radical regime change—he made the decision to abandon his previous ideals, to bury the patriotism that was once so important to him, and to become, instead, a loud, opportunistic collaborator. As I wrote in 2020, it’s very hard to look in to anyone’s heart and to understand their motivations from the outside. But it does seem that Graham had a deep need to be relevant, to be in the game, to be a player, at any cost. And that, rather than any particular achievement, is what he will be remembered for. Continuing to monitor conflicts of interest, ostentatious emoluments, outright corruption and policy changes that will facilitate outright corruption. (Read my original article, Kleptocracy Inc and check out the SNF Agora Institute chart) June 27 Trump diverted funds from more than 900 projects nationwide—including safety upgrades at national parks—to finance beautification projects around Washington, including $700,000 used to fix a White House walkway. June 28 After a years-long Department of Justice investigation into Abbott Laboratories over its management of a baby formula facility where potentially deadly bacteria turned up enough evidence to criminally charge the firm, top department officials instead opted for a financial penalty—illustrating the department’s move away from strict corporate enforcement under the Trump administration. June 29 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stacked the Defense Policy Board—which is charged with providing independent national security recommendations to the Office of the Secretary of Defense—with Trump allies, including tech billionaire Marc Andreessen, who has invested in defense contractors like OpenAI and SpaceX, after purging the panel last year. Trump purchased between $1 million and $5 million worth of stock in Axon—which makes about 90% of US tasers—two weeks before ICE solicited bids for a $220 million taser contract. The White House unveiled limited-edition US passports for America’s 250th birthday, featuring a portrait of Trump overlaid on the Declaration of Independence. June 30 Trump made around $1.2 billion from his various crypto companies last year, including more than $500 million from World Liberty Financial and $600 million from sales of his meme coin. Trump is considering issuing 250 pardons to commemorate America’s 250th birthday. These are expected to be largely doled out through the Office of the Pardon Attorney’s informal network of intermediaries. White-collar defense attorneys say they can typically win pardons for clients for $2 million. Last year, Trump administration officials awarded a no-bid contract worth up to $500 million to Clark Construction for the White House ballroom—negotiations in which the president was directly involved. July 1 The Amazon MGM Studios documentary about Melania Trump earned the First Lady more than $10 million. Trump made hundreds of individual stock purchases worth as much as $12.8 million the day before his announcement pausing “Liberation Day” tariffs for 90 days sent the S&P 500 soaring nearly 10%—one of the largest single-day gains ever. Mar-a-Lago and Trump National Doral saw record surges in revenue during Trump’s first year in office, earning $77.5 million and $121.9 million respectively, compared to average annual revenues of $25 million and $75 million during Trump’s first term. Entities across the Persian Gulf paid more than $300 million to Trump’s businesses last year, including $263 million from the sale of half his stake in World Liberty Financial to a firm backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a top UAE royal and brother of the country’s president. Kash Patel failed to properly disclose his stock purchase of a Department of Justice contractor, MicroStrategy, worth up to $250,000 last year, despite laws requiring disclosure within 45 days of the trade. July 2 Trump has been directing administration officials to steer more government contracts—so far worth more than $2.4 billion—to Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin aerospace firm, after Amazon gave $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund, donated to the White House ballroom project, and reached a $40 million deal to license a Melania Trump documentary. Alongside the billions he made from cryptocurrency last year, Trump earned millions of dollars from real estate licensing fees, including $21 million from organizations in the UAE and $9.2 million in Saudi Arabia, along with smaller sums from merchandise sales, including $4.7 million from Trump Watches and $35,920 from 45 Guitar, a guitar brand endorsed by the president. House Democrats accused consultants tied to the Trump administration of financial fraud, alleging they gave prospective donors to America250—the bipartisan committee created by Congress to celebrate the nation’s semiquincentennial—the banking and routing numbers for Freedom 250, the White House’s fund for events like the UFC cage fight. Democrats also allege that Freedom 250’s CEO traveled to the World Economic Forum in Davos to solicit donations from foreign government officials and business leaders. The Trump administration’s proposed rollback of gun regulations would lift the prohibition on mailing handguns to individuals, a significant win for GrabAGun—the direct-to-consumer firearm retailer on whose board Donald Trump Jr. sits and in which he holds a 1.1% ownership stake. GrabAGun currently must rely on a middleman to transfer firearms to customers. Trump’s financial disclosure revealed that he made more than 21,000 securities trades during his first year back in office, growing his investment account to at least $858 million across stakes in around 1,600 companies, compared to the 13 total trades Joe Biden made during his entire presidency. July 4 Nearly 1 million people who bought the president’s meme coin—Trump Coin—collectively lost $3.8 billion on the token, while he walked away with $636 million. July 6 Shares of Dell closed up 4.4% after Trump recommended people buy the firm’s computers during a speech announcing the launch of Trump investment accounts for children, boosting the more than $1 million worth of shares the president owns in the company. July 9 Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh named crypto investor and Trump ally Marc Andreessen to a task force aimed at modernizing the Federal Reserve, including rethinking its approach to inflation—a key factor keeping interest rates elevated. Palm Beach International Airport has officially changed its name to Trump International Airport—a move that will require Florida to pay royalties to the president’s family for licensing his name. I was there a few months ago, during a trip to Barcelona. The sculptures were a revelation, I’d never seen so many together before. Each one has its own personality. Enjoy the good weather, if you are lucky enough to have it. History Will Judge the Complicit The Quintessential Politician Autocracy Inc Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

Jul 13 • 4:19 PM EDT • Politics • anneapplebaum.substack.com

FSU researcher creates seawater isotope database to improve climate reconstructions, projections

A Florida State University paleoclimatologist led the creation of a global database hosting thousands of seawater isotope measurements collected over

Jul 13 • 4:09 PM EDT • Science • news.fsu.edu

The State of Politics: How Evers ‘Fixed the Damn Roads’

He got help from Republican legislators and federal pandemic funding.

Jul 13 • 6:39 AM EDT • Politics • urbanmilwaukee.com

Minneapolis business owners seek delay in Lyndale Avenue construction

Business owners in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood are seeking to delay a planned construction project along Lyndale Avenue, as a deadline to use federal funding for the project approaches.

Jul 13 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • mprnews.org

New York construction scare puts business interruption coverage to the test

Midtown evacuation exposes coverage questions for affected businesses, warns Crawford & Company claims expert

Jul 13 • 4:47 AM EDT • Business • insurancebusinessmag.com

Zurich Broadens Claims Capabilities to Support Construction Business

Zurich U.S. announced changes to its specialty claims structure to support its construction business. The changes include the creation of a new role, head

Jul 13 • 1:00 AM EDT • Business • claimsjournal.com

NMU receives state funding for business building

MARQUETTE — As part of Michigan’s 2027 fiscal year budget that was approved by the Legislature July 3, Northern Michigan University received construction authorization for the Northern Enterprise Center, which will house the NMU College of Business. The total cost of the project is estimated to be $22.98 million, according to a university press release. […]

Jul 12 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • miningjournal.net

Austin Fire Department responds to smoke coming from roof of S Austin business

The Austin Fire Department stated Sunday evening that they were responding to a business under construction in South Austin that reportedly had smoke coming fro

Jul 12 • 7:48 PM EDT • Business • cbsaustin.com

Sarasota business owner turns construction wall into outdoor art gallery

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Jul 11 • 7:09 PM EDT • Business • mysuncoast.com

Sen. Whitehouse announces whistleblower allegations of construction problems at Kennedy Center

Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island said in a release on Saturday that he had received a whistleblower disclosure from the Government Accountability Project.

Jul 11 • 6:14 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

Sarasota business owner turns construction wall into outdoor art gallery

A code enforcement complaint sparked a Sarasota business owner's idea to open his wall to local painters

Jul 11 • 3:45 PM EDT • Business • mysuncoast.com

$100M retail, aquatic center opens, Trader Joe dreams. June business news

These were the most read Tri-Cities business stories in June.

Jul 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • tri-cityherald.com

Business forced to move due to Hyde Park Square redevelopment plans

According to a release, the business was forced to relocate due to construction plans for the contentious Hyde Park Square Redevelopment.

Jul 10 • 2:50 PM EDT • Business • fox19.com

Missouri homebuilders report dwindling business amid national housing slump

The housing industry saw a sharp drop in construction starts nationwide in May, both compared with the previous month and with the same period a year earlier. The broader Midwest region showed resilience, but Missouri builders still reported weaker business activity during this time. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, privately owned housing starts across […]

Jul 10 • 1:00 PM EDT • Business • missouriindependent.com

The MAGA Party Is Over

Small crowds, algae in the reflecting pool, a White House under construction. What is Trumpism without spectacle?

Jul 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • nymag.com

Area businesses battle construction gauntlet

Wood River Valley businesses have been working to adapt amid long commute times caused by the Idaho Transportation Department’s state Highway 75 construction.

Jul 9 • 8:03 PM EDT • Business • mtexpress.com

SLED charges business owner with forgery after alleged fake bond

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has arrested a man after he allegedly submitted a fake performance and payment bond to land a construction job.

Jul 9 • 2:07 PM EDT • Business • live5news.com

Trump turns to White House columns for next construction project

The White House North Portico is covered with significant scaffolding, now covered by a drape, that’s gone up in recent days as workers rehabilitate the exterior columns at President Donald Trump’s request.

Jul 9 • 12:56 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Carnegie Mellon’s Richard King Mellon Hall of Sciences Enters New Phase of Construction

The Richard King Mellon Hall of Sciences entered its next phase of construction as the last steel beam was hoisted into place, “topping off” the facility’s structural phase.

Jul 9 • 9:12 AM EDT • Science • cmu.edu

French Quarter businesses prepare for court intervention over Decatur Street construction

French Quarter businesses have filed an injunction against the Sewerage and Water Board, citing prolonged construction on Decatur Street as the cause of financial losses and closures.

Jul 8 • 11:14 PM EDT • Business • wdsu.com

Business owners express concern over UDOT’s $38M Bluff Street safety project

If you drive Bluff Street in St. George, get ready for a lot of orange cones. A major construction project aims to make the busy corridor both safer and more efficient, Utah Department of Transport…

Jul 8 • 9:39 PM EDT • Business • abc4.com

Community Care breaks ground on new health center in Buckhannon

Construction is scheduled to begin in August

Jul 8 • 8:51 PM EDT • Health • wvmetronews.com

Business owners say prolonged Decatur Street construction has cost them millions

Several French Quarter business owners have filed a lawsuit against the Sewerage and Water Board, saying nine months of construction along Decatur Street has driven away customers and pushed their businesses toward closure.

Jul 8 • 7:59 PM EDT • Business • fox8live.com

New Hanover County commissioners to vote on housing, business park, crematorium zoning

The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners will meet to vote on a $4 million workforce housing commitment, a construction contract for a new business park, and a zoning change for standalone crematoriums.

Jul 8 • 5:22 PM EDT • Business • wect.com

New location of Bronzeville business affected by surrounding construction | ChicagoLIVE

Teeth whitening and tooth gems studio MintyCo founder Marley Wint talks on ChicagoLIVE about how construction is negatively impacting her business.

Jul 8 • 5:21 PM EDT • Business • fox32chicago.com