New York construction-industry employers should be aware of a significant change to the state’s Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) law.  On December 19, Governor Kathy Hochul signed Assembly Bill 4727 (“A4727” ...

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday said the 2026 national budget will significantly accelerate classroom construction to ...

The judge said he would reserve judgment until a hearing next month. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon said Tuesday he is inclined to deny a request for a temporary restraining order to halt ...

Arizona has launched a new "Ag-to-Urban" program to transfer groundwater rights from farms to new housing developments. The first project under this program will allow for over 800 new homes in ...

The Trump administration on Friday announced plans to audit thousands of “disadvantaged” businesses contracted with the federal government, as part of an effort to root out diversity, equity, and ...

DeMond Chambliss used to run himself ragged with the small contracting business he owned in Columbus, Ohio: hanging drywall, chasing clients for payments and managing half a dozen employees. Since ...

Federal rule ends race- and sex-based DBE eligibility, requiring all firms to recertify. States pause DBE goals, causing major revenue losses for minority- and women-owned firms. Thousands of ...

President Donald Trump’s rollback of diversity programs has now hit a longtime mainstay of projects that use U.S. Department of Transportation funds. The more than 1,300 Minnesota small businesses ...

The San Diego Association of Governments is ending diversity requirements that helped woman- or minority-owned businesses win contracts for highway, transit and airport projects. SANDAG alerted ...

Any disadvantaged business enterprises that are not recertified as DBE firms under the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s new standards can be terminated from projects for good cause, DOT officials said ...

Wisconsin drivers should prepare for some major long-term closures as the state's I-94 East-West project begins in the coming weeks. This phase of the project is called the West Leg Segment, according ...