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Op-Ed: Leave Common Construction Wage in Place

ByKyle W. Bell March 1, 2015March 4, 2015

Folks, who know me well, know I love history. History is a great teacher – and what happened earlier this week in the Indiana House of Representatives reminded me of that. In darkest days of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt passed the Davis-Bacon Act, which created something known as the common construction wage or…

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Indiana House Passes Common Construction Wage Repeal

ByKyle W. Bell February 24, 2015February 26, 2015

The Indiana House has passed a bill that would eliminate the common construction wage law in the state, allowing the state and municipalities to decide the pay for each position of a public works project. The common construction wage law sets base pay rates on public building projects in the state to ensure a decent…