A recently introduced bill in the Legislature would prevent lawmakers from adopting new occupational licenses without state officials first having weighed the proposed credentials' likely costs and benefits.

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Two GOP state lawmakers this week sent a letter to the White House urging the Trump administration to undo Obama-era rules allowing governments to mandate union labor agreements on federally backed projects.

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Just days after lawmakers took out of the state budget plans to repeal Wisconsin’s remaining prevailing-wage laws, two Republicans began circulating legislation that would do the same thing.

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Construction unions might think they caught a break last week with top Wisconsin lawmakers’ decision to take a proposal to repeal the state’s remaining prevailing-wage laws out of the state budget. But the reprieve is not likely to last long.

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PLAs often limit competition by imposing undue regulations or circumstances that would put nonunion contractors at a disadvantage.

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State Rep. Rob Hutton's attempt to ensure "the importance of providing a neutral and competitive playing field" by prohibiting the use of project-labor agreements on taxpayer-funded projects flies in the face of the realities of today’s construction industry, and is a direct affront to the wishes and desires of the American electorate during the recent election.

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A pair of Republican lawmakers announced plans Thursday to introduce legislation that would ban the use of project-labor agreements on public projects.

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A trades group for mostly nonunion companies has named state Rep. Rob Hutton as its “legislator of the year” for his attempts to repeal Wisconsin’s prevailing wage laws.

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State agencies would have to give the governor plans for cutting spending or maintaining it at current levels along with their biennial budget requests under a bill two Republican lawmakers are trying to push through the Legislature.

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A state lawmaker has scheduled a press conference Wednesday morning to rally support for his proposal to repeal Wisconsin’s prevailing-wage laws.

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