The aging grid's main protection against attack is that it's too sprawling and complicated to all go down at once.

Detroit's infrastructure problems grind on, despite bankruptcy.

Labor Secretary Tom Perez explains how he hopes to push unemployment down and economic growth up.

Big Bertha, named for former city mayor Bertha Knight Landes, will dig up to 100 feet a day and build a massive tunnel under the city for a new freeway.

Which is more important: updating train safety mechanisms or improving rail infrastructure?

Nearly 70,000 bridges across the U.S. are in need of some serious repairs but the political will, and the money, just aren't there.

Marketplace Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell joins Morning Report host Jeremy Hobson to discuss the state of infrastructure in the U.S. and whether the country can afford to improve it.

Spending on infrastructure and education can help fuel future growth.

Juli Niemann, an analyst with Smith Moore & Company, shares her thoughts on what Obama will highlight and the state of jobs and the economy.