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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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Republican Senators Pushback on FHWA Guidance
Oppose Administration’s Push to Restrict New Highway Capacity In a letter from Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) to governors, the duo expressed disappointment about the recent Federal… Read More
February 10, 2022
Vulnerable Senators Introduce Bill to Suspend the Gas Tax
Would Temporarily Eliminate the 18 Cents per Gallon Federal Gas Tax Senators Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced legislation to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax through the end of the year. The bill’s sponsors claim it is to provide economic relief to families across… Read More
February 10, 2022
House Passes Short-Term Government Funding Bill through March 11
Allows Congress More Time to Negotiate Full-Year Bill, Including Funding for New Infrastructure Programs On February 8, the House passed a three-week long extension of government funding as the current spending agreement in place expires on February 18. If passed by the Senate, this short-term… Read More
February 10, 2022
White House Issues Report on Union Organizing
On February 7, the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment released its report on encouraging the federal government to promote the value of labor unions and making government contractors’ employees aware of their rights to join a labor union. Many of the nearly 70 findings in… Read More
February 10, 2022
U.S. DOT Exploits Loophole to Attempt to Push Local Hire
The recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allows states or localities to implement a local hiring preference on federal-aid highway and transit projects. Such was already the case prior to passage of IIJA through a U.S. DOT pilot program. However, as part of that pilot… Read More
February 10, 2022
House-Passed Competitiveness Bill Includes Harmful Labor Policies
Ends Secret Ballot in Union Organizing Elections (Card Check), Forced CBA Arbitration and More On February 4, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the AGC-opposed America COMPETES Act, a bill meant to improve American economic competitiveness against China. While previous iterations of… Read More
February 10, 2022
New Government-Mandated PLAs Executive Order
TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress and the President to Oppose Government-Mandated PLAs  Take action now and tell your members of Congress and President Biden to oppose government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs). On February 4, President Biden signed E.O. 14063 that will require—with… Read More
February 10, 2022
Senate Democrats’ Proposal To Suspend The Federal Gas Tax Will Not Lower Prices But Will Make It Harder To Fix Roads And Bridges
  The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement today in response to the introduction of a bill by several Democratic Senators to suspend the federal gas tax for the remainder of 2022 in response to rising… Read More
February 10, 2022
AGC Comments on Proposed New Waters of the United States Definition
Agencies are working on the fourth and fifth versions in play since 2015 On Feb. 7, AGC responded to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army (Army Corps of Engineers) latest proposed definition of waters of the United States (WOTUS). This definition determines when an… Read More
February 10, 2022
AGC Releases Updated Construction Inflation Alert
  AGC of America released the February edition of its Construction Inflation Alert. This document is intended to inform project owners, government officials, and the public about the extreme cost increases and supply-chains disruptions affecting construction. The current version of the Alert… Read More
February 9, 2022

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