Digging for Dirt
Associated Builders and Contractors today released the following statement criticizing a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. departments of Labor and Transportation advancing workforce policy initiatives on DOT-funded infrastructure projects, including controversial project labor agreements.“Project labor agreements will exclude 87.4% of America’s […]
Online Voters and Independent Judges to Choose the Winners
Transportation workers are essential because they keep communities connected no matter what. From the start of the global pandemic, state departments of transportation employees and their private-sector partners have worked hard to […]
By Greg Sitek
It’s hard to believe that Summer 2019 is fading into history. We are one step closer to a new transportation bill as theSenate’s America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act (ATIA) Committee on July 30 unanimously approved the America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act (ATIA), legislation introduced […]
President Trump Announces “Massive Permit Reform” Push
By: Laura Hale
Capping off his Administration’s ‘Infrastructure Week,’ President Trump held an event this morning on permitting reform at the U.S. Department of Transportation. President Trump, joined by Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and […]
Reuters Reports: U.S. Senate approves Chao to lead Transportation Department
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-transportation-idUSKBN15F29X
By David Shepardson | WASHINGTON
Elaine Chao, a former top U.S. labor official, was sworn in on Tuesday to lead the U.S. Transportation Department, which […]