Rachel Greszler is a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for economic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research. The Department of ...

President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign website bragged about his past support for a law that favors unions in federal contracts. “When President Obama put Vice President Biden in charge of the American ...

MILWAUKEE — The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America and the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of America both filed lawsuits with the federal government, claiming the Biden ...

Ninety years ago, Congress enacted the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) to set wage and benefit rates for construction workers supported through federal contracts at existing market levels and ensure that ...

The lawsuit filed by the Associated General Contractors of America last November is challenging specific provisions included in the Dept. of Labor's final rule relating to the Davis-Bacon Act. Photo ...

It was with great interest that I read the July 18 article detailing how the National Republican Congressional Committee is seeking to attack any Democratic members of the House who choose to support ...

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Looking back on the history of this country, a common force has hindered the arc of progress: the heavy hand of the federal government. Nowhere is the needlessness and incompetence of federal ...

The Davis-Bacon Act — which requires that contractors on federally-funded construction projects must pay at least the local “prevailing wage” and provide at least the local “prevailing benefits” — ...

The DOL says the new infrastructure law will create jobs for construction workers on federal and federally assisted projects and that the Davis-Bacon law needs to be modernized. (Photo: Pixabay).