WHAT: Over a year after its notice of proposed rulemaking, the U.S Department of Labor (DOL) published its Final Rule Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) Regulations. The Final Rule spans ...

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 ...

On August 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final rule related to the Davis-Bacon Act (the “Act”), entitled “Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations.” However, ...

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 ...

The regulation, which will affect a wave of projects funded by the IIJA and other recent legislation, has triggered controversy. In a move hailed by construction unions and criticized by some ...

The groups said the change would raise the price of those projects substantially and cost taxpayers more. Now, ABC and AGC are claiming in court the rule change is illegal, just two weeks after it ...

Rep. Robert L. Bacon (R–NY-1), left, and Sen. James J. Davis (R-PA), right, co-sponsored the Davis–Bacon Act in 1931. October 23, 2023 The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the implementation ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the issuance of the final rule, Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA), which it says will “better reflect the needs of construction ...

In a challenge to the Biden Administration’s efforts to expand the reach of the Davis-Bacon Act, the Associated General Contractors of America has filed suit in federal court. The move seeks to block ...

The U.S. construction landscape looks much different this week compared to last Friday following the amendments to the Davis-Bacon Act that went into effect on Monday. While these amendments primarily ...

Almost lost in the egregious farm bill Congress re-passed this week, again over President George W. Bush’s veto, was something the chief executive mentioned in his veto message — the measure contains ...