States, unions, campaign advisers and consultants flood the White House with proposals. The president’s pledge to cut regulations and his condition for funding – “If you have a job that you can’t start within 90 days ... it doesn’t help us” – risks leaving critical construction and repair behind.

The president has our 'best interests at heart' Union City locals say.

Our tight labor market should be driving up pay. What gives?

The unemployment rate has dipped to its lowest point in a decade.

Several nuclear plants are shutting down nationwide thanks to falling prices in the energy sector.

Eighty percent of respondents to the Marketplace-Edison Research Poll say manufacturing is "very" or "somewhat" important to their local economy.