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New Survey Shows How Nation’s Failure To Invest In Construction Education & Training Programs Makes It Hard For Firms To Build
August 26, 2024
  AGC & Arcoro Workforce Survey 94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies The nation’s failure to invest in construction… Read More

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House Passes Bill to Improve Passenger Rail
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015 (PRRIA) by a vote of 316-101. The main focus of the bill is to reform and improve our nation’s intercity passenger rail systems.  These reforms are achieved mostly through changes to Amtrak… Read More
June 26, 2015
DOT Allows Use of Local Hire Preference on Highway and Transit Contracts
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a pilot program this week that will allow state and local governments to utilize local hiring preferences on their federal-aid highway and federal transit assisted contracts. The pilot program is effective immediately. In addition, DOT issued a… Read More
June 26, 2015
AGC Comments on EPA’s Ozone Rule Highlight the Crippling Economic Impacts Possible In Areas of Nonattainment
Comments Due by March 17 AGC is in the process of evaluating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed revisions to National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone. The proposal would greatly increase the stringency of the ozone NAAQS at a time when implementation of the current… Read More
June 26, 2015
SBA Proposes Mentor-Protégé Program for All Small Businesses
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently issued a proposed rule that would expand mentor-protégé arrangements to all federal small businesses. In a mentor-protégé arrangement, a small business—i.e., the protégé—can joint venture with non-small businesses—i.e., large or mid-tier… Read More
June 26, 2015
Letter Circulates Asking Members of Congress to Protect Tax-Exempt Status for Municipal Bonds
Reps. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) are circulating a "Dear Colleague" letter in support of tax-exempt municipal bonds. The letter urges Speaker of the House John Boehner and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to support municipal bonds and oppose proposals that would cap… Read More
June 26, 2015
Rubio-Lee Tax Reform Plan Released
On Wednesday, presumed 2016 presidential candidate, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) released an anticipated tax reform plan that seeks to move to full business expensing, reduce corporate tax rates to 25 percent for both C and S corporations, while eliminating both… Read More
June 26, 2015
Senate Committee Action on Tax
On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee conducted a hearing on the progressivity of the tax code with a three-witness panel of former economic advisors. Steve Rattner suggested eliminating carried interest for money managers as well as raising tax rates on capital gains since recent studies show… Read More
June 26, 2015
Senate Passes Legislation to Stop the NLRB's 'Ambush' Election Rule, House Likely to Follow
President Obama Expected to Veto On March 4, the Senate passed a resolution that would nullify the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) rule on representation-case procedures, which will go into effect on April 14, 2015. The vote fell mostly along party lines with Republicans supporting and… Read More
June 26, 2015
AGC Urges Support of Anti-Government-Mandated PLA Bill
AGC Opposes USACE-Mandated PLAs AGC joined with a coalition of construction and business associations urging members of the Senate to cosponsor legislation prohibiting federal government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs). The legislation, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act (S. 71),… Read More
June 26, 2015
Construction Employment Increases in 40 States and D.C. During the Past Year
Construction firms added jobs in 40 states and the District of Columbia between May 2014 and May 2015 and in 28 states and D.C. between April and May, according to an analysis today of Labor Department data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said noted that the… Read More
June 19, 2015

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