Congress has approved a six-month extension of transportation funding, temporarily easing states' concerns that money for infrastructure projects  would expire. The funding extension helps avoid shutting down infrastructure projects all over the nation.  Read the full Stateline article here.


Obama has been pushing for the funding renewal for some time.  Around Labor Day, the White House released a state-by-state analysis of how many jobs would immediately be lost if transportation funding were not renewed.  Connecticut would have lost more than 10,000 jobs, according to White House data here:  http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/07/clock-ticking-clean-extension-transportation-bill.