老牛影视July 17 celebrated a victory after North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signed a bill (H.B.110) into law that will prohibit state government entities from requiring contractors to sign a project labor agreement (PLA), or any other agreement with labor unions, as a condition of performing work on public construction projects.

As part of a deal to avert a 鈥渘uclear option鈥� to end filibuster rules in the U.S. Senate, the nominations of Richard Griffin and Sharon Block to the NLRB were withdrawn. Griffin and Block were two of the members听illegally recess appointed听to the board by President Obama in 2012. They听were renominated听by the president in February.听

The IRS July 11听released guidance听on the one-year delay of the employer shared responsibility provisions (or employer mandate) and information reporting requirements in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The delay was originally announced听July 2 by the Treasury Department in a blog post.听

Missouri听House Bill 34, which became law on July 15, changes the way prevailing wage rates are determined in the state by taking into consideration both union and nonunion wages and allowing the rates to be calculated by county.

(R-Utah) June 27听proposed a 鈥渂lank slate鈥� approach听for tax reform and called on their fellow Senators to provide proposals for tax expenditures that should be added back to the tax code and improved.

The U.S. Senate voted 68-32 to pass the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744) on June 27 with language that places a limit on the number of guest worker visas available to the construction industry.

During a public-private partnership conference June 27 in Linthicum, Md., experts on P3s gathered to discuss their advantages, how they can provide savings over the long-term and Maryland鈥檚 new P3 law (H.B. 560) that went into effect July 1.听

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee passed the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 1772) on June 26 in a vote of 22-9. The bill would establish a new mandatory employment verification system by modifying the current E-verify system. 老牛影视sent a letter of support to the committee chairman before the vote.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced on June 24 that it will be reviewing a lower court ruling that President Obama鈥檚 early 2012 鈥渞ecess鈥� appointments of three members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were unconstitutional. The court likely will hear the case this fall.

老牛影视June 26 offered its support for the Secret Ballot Protection Act (H.R. 2346) in response to a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing meant to explore legislative opportunities to strengthen the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), including H.R. 2346.听