ctinsider.com reports the San Juan Center a Hartford nonprofit serving the Latino community has received approval for a 19-unit four-story apartment building on a consolidated parcel at the corner of Albany Avenue and High Street in the Arrowhead Gateway redevelopment area.
ctpublic.org reports Connecticut officials have approved a major expansion of a solar farm in East Windsor despite resident opposition illustrating the growing clash between the state's clean energy targets and rural community concerns about farmland aesthetics and environmental impact.
ctnewsjunkie.com covers the 2025 Connecticut Clean Energy Industry Report showing the sector grew employment by 2.8 percent in 2024 four times faster than the statewide average of 0.7 percent.
laborrelationsupdate.com reports President Trump nominated James Macy to fill a third Republican NLRB seat which if confirmed would give Republicans a majority and open the door to overturning Biden era precedents including the Stericycle workplace rules standard and the Cemex union recognition framework.
businessjournaldaily.com reports Mahoning Valley building trades leaders say data center construction brings significant union work across nearly every trade with an average of 1700 workers per project and 93 percent of major data center projects nationally using union contractors.
wnylabortoday.com profiles IBEW Local 99 Joint Apprenticeship Training Center Director Robert Cruz in Cranston Rhode Island who draws on his own experience in foster care to help apprentices enter the trade tuition free and graduate earning $61 an hour to start.
dbknews.com examines how data center growth in Maryland is creating significant union construction work including for IBEW Local 26 while also raising community concerns about energy demand water use and environmental impact.
wweek.com reports a Democratic candidate for Oregon House District 52 lost a building trades endorsement after taking an anti-data center position illustrating the tension between environmental concerns and union construction jobs in the growing sector.
safetyandhealthmagazine.com covers a new California law requiring automated external defibrillators at electrical utility worksites championed by IBEW members following the death of a utility worker who could not be reached by emergency services in time.
datacenterdynamics.com reports the Sangamon County Board narrowly approved a $500 million CyrusOne data center campus in Waverly Illinois spanning 280 acres with up to 634MW of capacity and backed by local building trades unions over significant community opposition.