Walker’s Wisconsin Highway Budget Eliminates Prevailing Wages
Governor Scott Walker’s $6.1 billion highway construction and repair budget drastically cut funding for Interstate 94 improvements around...
House Votes Against Obama Administration Contractor Disqualification Rule
Last October 24, U. S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone of the Eastern District of Texas issued an injunction against enforcement pf the...
Governor Rauner Signs Bill Calling For Infrastructure Corrosion Protection
January 20 Governor Rauner signed HB 3303 into law as Public Act 99-923, requiring Illinois EPA to adopt new rules mandating state of the...
McHenry County Homeowners Flounder While Construction Activity Dips
McHenry County homeowners pay the 29th highest real estate taxes among all counties in the United States, while Illinois is first or...
Cleveland Iron Workers Vote Approval Of Pension Cuts
Members of Cleveland based Iron Workers Local 17 voted 2 to 1 to approve pension benefit cuts which will fall hardest on those members...
Governor Rauner Reintroduces Plan To Sell Thompson Center
Republican state legislative leaders Senator Christine Radogno and Representative Jim Durkin are introducing measures reigniting Rauner’s...
Latest Illinois Budget Proposal Includes Huge Tax Increases
Illinois’ budget crisis drags on in Springfield, with the fate of the latest and ever changing leadership proposal including increases in...
Trump DOJ May Drop Support For Obama’s New Overtime Rule
Seeking a 30 day extension for filing its brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals case challenging the Texas federal judge’s...
Is President Trump Putting Construction Trades Back To Work?
Among the early Trump administration executive orders last week were documents reinitiating the approval process for construction of the...
McHenry County Board Dumps Property Tax Freeze Referendum
At its Monthly meeting January 17, the McHenry County Board voted 17 to 7 to adopt an agenda modification effectively eliminating an...
