老牛影视supports the Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2019 (H.R. 3904), legislation introduced on July 24 by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) that would exempt federally funded or federally assisted Highway Trust Fund projects from federal Davis-Bacon requirements, known as prevailing wage. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that repealing Davis-Bacon would save the Federal Highway Administration more than $700 million a year.

The Michigan Legislature voted to repeal Michigan鈥檚 prevailing wage law, a 50-year-old law that overcharges taxpayers on public construction projects and limits competitive bidding opportunities for Michigan workers.听The historic vote makes Michigan the 24th听state without a prevailing wage law.听

On Feb. 12, the West Virginia legislature voted 18-16 to override Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin鈥檚 vetoes of 听a prevailing wage repeal bill and the West Virginia Workplace Freedom Act, making West Virginia the 26th Right to Work state in the country and the fourth state to pass Right to Work since 2012.听

Last week, the New Hampshire House rejected a bill (House Bill 1641) that would have required prevailing wage be paid on all state construction projects. Citing a union-backed study, proponents of the bill argued the legislation would create jobs, spur economic activity, and raise workers鈥� wages without increasing the cost of projects. Opponents rejected those assertions and insisted the state would pay more for construction projects under the provisions of the bill.听

The New York Independent Budget Office (IBO) has released a听revised report on the impact prevailing wage requirements would have on听affordable housing projects built with the 421a property tax break. The 421a tax credit had been the subject of extensive听negotiations in the past months. In Jan. 2016, the parties involved announced听they could not reach a compromise, killing the tax credit and jeopardizing听Mayor de Blasio鈥檚 plans for 80,000 affordable housing units for New York City听residents. The agency had initially estimated that prevailing wage requirements听would add $2.8 billion to the initiative鈥檚 total, bu

On Feb. 4, the West Virginia Legislature sent two important bills to the governor鈥檚 desk. The House of Delegates passed ABC-supported right-to work legislation, the 鈥淲orkplace Freedom Act鈥� (SB 1) by a vote of 54-46, while the state Senate approved legislation repealing the state鈥檚 prevailing wage law along party lines. The measures were intensely debated in both chambers in the weeks leading up to the votes. West Virginia鈥檚 prevailing wage law was mired in controversy following the passage of a reform bill in 2015 and ABC鈥檚 West Virginia Chapter has been a vocal supporter of repealing the state鈥檚 prevailing wage.

West Virginia State Senator Sue Cline (R-Wyoming) was sworn into office on Jan. 25 following a Jan. 22 court decision requiring Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D- W.Va.) to appoint a Republican to fill a vacant seat. Sen. Cline was appointed to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Sen. Daniel Hall (R-Wyoming), who was elected as a Democrat but switched parties prior to resigning.

During a controversial budget session, Wisconsin significantly听reformed听its prevailing wage laws with the help of the 老牛影视Wisconsin Chapter which organized a coalition of local chambers of commerce, school districts, small businesses, and municipal utilities to repeal prevailing wage requirements on all Wisconsin public works projects except those built by the state of Wisconsin and state highway projects.听

Associated Builders and Contractors of West Virginia (ABCWV) voiced its concerns over the newly presented methodology for the calculation of prevailing wage rates in West Virginia after Workforce West Virginia released a听summary of its report听on June 1. The report, a product of prevailing wage reform legislation (S.B. 361) signed 听March 12 by West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D), illustrates how new methodology will determine 听forthcoming prevailing wage rates on state-funded public improvements. 听However, because Workforce West Virginia failed to publish its new prevailing wage calculations by the July 1 deadline because lawmakers complained t

Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) signed the ABC-led repeal of common construction wage into law May 6, eliminating prevailing wage requirements for publicly-funded construction projects in Indiana effective July 1. The 老牛影视Indiana/Kentucky chapter played a significant role in ensuring the state understood the negative effects the legislation has on taxpayers, helping to make Indiana the 19th state with no prevailing wage requirements on taxpayer-funded construction.