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Modernized prevailing wage rule is an investment in Wisconsin’s workforce
Here in Wisconsin, we know that paying workers fair wages is essential to building a resilient and prosperous construction industry.
Department of Labor announces new Davis-Bacon Act rules now in effect
The federal government returned to a previous definition for prevailing wage among other changes to the Davis-Bacon Act.
New rule could mean ‘thousands of extra dollars’ for workers on federal construction projects
Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced changes to labor rules that could give higher wages to construction workers on federal projects.
OPINION: Sweetheart union deal will undermine Inflation Reduction Act’s clean-energy agenda
As President Joe Biden signed the so-called Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, taxpayers, construction industry small businesses and climate change activists are sounding alarms about controversial labor policies in the […]
Proposed changes to Davis-Bacon Act spark debate amid infrastructure spending
Non-union contractors are lining up in opposition to proposed changes to federal prevailing-wage laws that they argue will make public projects more expensive at a time when the U.S. is looking to rebuild much of its infrastructure.
Report: Prevailing-wage repeal hurts workers, paves way for out-of-state firms
Ever since Wisconsin repealed its prevailing-wage laws, blue collar workers have steadily been making less, construction CEOs raking in much more and taxpayers saving next-to-nothing on public-construction work.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Defense of Davis-Bacon not convincing
There is nothing new in Jake Castanza’s recent letter to the editor defending federal Davis Bacon prevailing-wage law. We can look at Wisconsin's experience with the repeal of its state prevailing-wage law as evidence for this point.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Sen. Jacque’s Davis-Bacon views misguided
The June 18 opinion column by State Sen. Andre Jacque is, unfortunately, only an opinion.
OPINION: Davis-Bacon essential to protecting middle-class prosperity
With a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on the horizon in Washington, D.C., many people expect the Trump administration, Congress and the Senate to work diligently to ensure the prosperity of American workers. Unfortunately, some Wisconsin politicians like State Sen. Andre Jacque are seeking to attack and diminish the best economic policy for preserving the wealth of construction workers.
OPINION: Before pumping money into infrastructure, repeal costly Davis-Bacon Act
Federal infrastructure investments can play a key role in establishing jobs and promoting a fuller economic recovery in the aftermath of our nation’s COVID-19 response — if we get the details right.
Report contends Davis-Bacon stymies competition, costs taxpayers; but authors acknowledge shortcomings
Three years since Wisconsin lawmakers repealed prevailing wage on state and local jobs in Wisconsin, critics of the policy are still debating if the state is better off without it.
OPINION: A mainstream perspective on prevailing wage
Recently a spokesperson for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce told the Wisconsin State Journal, “We don’t want to make it too comfortable to remain unemployed.”
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- Kraus-Anderson will deliver first phase of $175M Big Bend sports complex
- Long-delayed Milwaukee boutique hotel plans show signs of life
- I-794 bridge improvements starting in Milwaukee
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of May 4, 2026
- Construction worker killed in lumber pile collapse in West Bend
- Milwaukee to Madison train line to cost $200M with state help
- I-794 removal could see $500M in development, but more crashes
- Cobalt Partners changes up its Third Ward moving plans
- State program releases $135M for local roads
- Eau Claire approves $270M biomanufacturing facility deal
- Manitowoc port development gets $20 million boost
- Mark Hammond, Wauwatosa development director, will leave for nonprofit job
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)