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2024 AGC & HCSS Highway Work Zone Safety Survey
May 23, 2024
  Sixty-four percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, putting motorists and workers at risk, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More

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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
Obama Administration Releases Regulations on Implementing Multiemployer Pension Reform
The federal agencies tasked with implementing the AGC-backed Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 issued proposed final regulations this week that will govern the implementation of the new law. The regulations from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and Internal Revenue Service address… Read More
June 19, 2015
AGC Successfully Defends Zero-Tolerance Drug Policy
Siding with AGC of America, the AGC of Colorado and the Colorado Contractor’s Association, the Colorado Supreme Court has unanimously held that a state law insulating Colorado residents from prosecution for making medical use of marijuana does not require the state’s employers to tolerate the same… Read More
June 16, 2015
Senate Considers Prohibiting Construction Reverse Auctions
Urge Your Senators to Oppose the Use of Reverse Auctions Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) this week introduced the AGC-backed Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act, and included the legislation as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to prohibit… Read More
June 12, 2015
Open Shop Web Meeting Covers Preparing for “Quickie Election” Rule
During the May 18 web meeting of AGC of America’s Open Shop Committee, attorney Rick Samson of Ogletree Deakins provided a Quick Learn presentation on Preparing for the National Labor Relations Board’s New “Quickie Election” Rule.  Click here to access an audio recording of the presentation, a… Read More
June 11, 2015

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