U.S. construction spending got off on the wrong foot in 2017, falling one percent from December to January. But spending was up 3.1 percent compared to January 2016. The numbers,...

MDOT chief: roads will get worse  Michigan's Republican-led Legislature had to be dragged kicking and screaming into adopting a $1.2 billion increase per year in road funding package in 2015....

ROCHESTER - More room for students to live on campus is on the way to Oakland University. The Southern Student Housing Complex is under construction, and it will offer students...

By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)—Blithely dismissing opposition from Senate Democrats and union leaders, Senate Republicans voted on March 6 to permanently kill yet another pro-worker Labor Department...

LANSING - Like it or not, the political fortunes and the very existence of much of organized labor - as unsettled as they are - are nearly completely in the...

EAST LANSING - Civil construction of the most powerful rare isotope accelerator in the world is nearing substantial completion. Michigan State University's Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) is on...

LANSING - A package of bills that would restore lost income, fees and penalties to people falsely accused of unemployment insurance fraud was introduced last month by Democrats in the...

WASHINGTON (PAI)—It went nowhere in the prior, Republican-run Congress, but House Democrats who specialize in workers’ issues have reintroduced their bill to strengthen the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The...

Construction workers have a big stake in the prevention, detection, treatment and cure of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. That's why the Breath of Life Foundation is partnering with and...

Union pressure nets new Labor nominee WASHINGTON (PAI)—Leaders of the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees promised to rigorously probe the record of Alexander Acosta, dean of a Florida law school...