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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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Want to learn about the latest federal agency projects set to hit the street in your market? Need to brush up on the latest barrage of federal regulations your business must follow? Attend the AGC Federal Contractors Conference May 12-14, 2015, at the Mayflower Hotel… Read More
February 13, 2015
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House Small Business Committee to Introduce Legislation Soon
Earlier today, Randall Gibson—AGC NAVFAC Committee chair and president of Whitesell-Green, a small general contractor based in Florida—testified on behalf of AGC before the House Small Business Committee on a host of procurement reform… Read More
February 12, 2015
Legislation has been introduced in both the House and Senate to nullify the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule on representation-case procedures. Visit AGC’s Legislative Action Center and write to your elected officials urging them to support this legislation. The AGC-opposed rule will go… Read More
February 12, 2015
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has different definitions of what constitutes a seasonal employee or worker when determining the size of an employer and whether an employer must offer insurance to those employees.
This week, the House introduced bipartisan legislation, the Simplifying Technical… Read More
February 12, 2015
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On Wednesday, the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure held their kickoff hearing on surface transportation reauthorization. The current authorization expires on May 31. The only… Read More
February 12, 2015
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline by a vote of 270-152. Twenty-nine Democrats voted to support the measure, which passed the Senate on Jan. 29. The bill faces an expected veto by President Obama, who says he wants the State… Read More
February 12, 2015
Construction employers added 39,000 jobs in January and 308,000 over the past year, reaching the highest employment total since February 2009, as the sector's unemployment rate fell to 9.8 percent, according to an analysis by AGC of America. Association officials said the job gains come as most… Read More
February 6, 2015
On Feb. 2, President Obama released his $4 trillion fiscal year (FY) 2016 budget request. The budget calls for tax changes to offset increased spending for defense, infrastructure and job training and education programs. The budget also includes tax increases for corporations and top individual… Read More
February 6, 2015
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Time is running out for members of the House to sign the bipartisan letter, authored by Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Members Reid Ribble (R-Wis.) and Dan Lipinksi (D-Ill.), along with Ways & Means Committee Members Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and… Read More
February 6, 2015
In addition to a lawsuit challenging the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new representation-case procedures rule (also known as the Quickie Election rule), legislation in Congress will be considered that would nullify the rule. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) is a resolution that would… Read More
February 6, 2015