Keep up-to-date on the latest legislative issues affecting the heavy, highway and non-residential construction industry from the editors at Associated Construction Publications en-us http://www.acppubs.com/community/Legislative+Issues/48575.html?nid=4241 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:56:59 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6659511.html?nid=4241 South Dakota's Department of Transportation received $189 million in federal funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and has identified 45 state highway improvement projects for the first phase of allocating funds. Because ARRA is a one-time stimulus and does not cover long-term highway funding shortfall, projects selected do not include construction of new highways. Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6660121.html?nid=4241 The Illinois House approved a slew of tax increases and the legalization of video poker... Fri, 22 May 2009 07:17:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6659491.html?nid=4241 Minnesota Senate passes a bill that will provide $100 million in loan guarantees... Wed, 20 May 2009 07:58:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6658049.html?nid=4241 Parking, crossing the street, entering a building, and using the rest- room are, for most of us, daily activities we don't give a second thought. For those with physical disabilities, however, these everyday tasks often present a set of unique challenges. Eighteen years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law to ensure that everyone, regardless of physical limitatio... Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6650880.html?nid=4241 Bautista Canyon in Southern California's San Jacinto Valley has a flood control catch basin at the base of Mt. San Jacinto that has been cleared out by contract material haulers for decades. The latest is Lovelady Trucking and Material, Inc., out of Fallbrook, CA. Until about a year ago, owner Mark Lovelady's company had been making a good living here, at this Riverside County Flood Control wor... Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6650881.html?nid=4241 In Irvine, CA, Orange County's Great Park is moving forward even in a down economy. The Great Park is being ... Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6651816.html?nid=4241 Policymakers' understanding of sophisticated risk transfer issues is growing, and that's good news for construction subcontractors, according to The ASA Report: The Policy Environment in the States. ASA's annual evaluation of public policies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia revealed that legislators and courts took new steps in 2008 to limit how contracts or insurance for construct... Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6652182.html?nid=4241 The main run of the 2009 South Dakota legislative session is over, and no additional funding for highways was secured. That was despite a well-coordinated lobbying campaign by several members of the South Dakota Highway Users Conference, including AGC, and the support of some devoted legislators. These efforts centered on results from a 2008 legislative summer study that revealed $117 million i... Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6650914.html?nid=4241 Des Moines, IA— Iowa is wasting no time putting federal stimulus funds to work as transportation officials awarded their first construction projects using stimulus dollars. According to the Iowa Department of Transportation, 19 highway and bridge projects totaling more than $56 million are moving forward — using a portion of the approximately $358. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6650915.html?nid=4241 Topeka, KS— Kansas Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson and Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Deb Miller recently announced new transportation projects designed to help create jobs, improve safety and encourage economic growth in Kansas. "We know that building roads create jobs," said Parkinson. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6650628.html?nid=4241 In a move that stands to create jobs, boost local economies, improve aging water infrastructure and ... Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6646680.html?nid=4241 A new National Cemetery is under construction in the rolling hills near Bakersfield, CA, in the lower central part of the state. The site was chosen by VA National Cemetery Administration (NCA) as one of six areas to receive a national cemetery after a 1993 law was signed by the President. Background The Tejon Ranch Company has donated a parcel of 500 acres in the northern portion of the old Te... Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6646681.html?nid=4241 California has 1,971 "shovel-ready" construction projects — worth about $23.2 billion — lined up for federal stimulus package help, according to Stimulus Watch (www.stimuluswatch.org), an online site that lists all such projects in the U.S. Contractors large and small need to be ready to build, as the new federal regulations require states to obligate construction funds within a sho... Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6646705.html?nid=4241 A $70.6-million, multiphased construction and modernization project at Shadle Park High School in Spokane, WA, is making good progress toward completion in time for the start of the 2009–2010 school year. Spokane Public Schools selected Garco Construction Inc. as general contractor and construction manager for the project on Spokane's North Side in January 2006. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6647035.html?nid=4241 In its final form, the $789-billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act holds a number of surprises and opportunities ... Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6648307.html?nid=4241 Governor Edward G. Rendell pointed to a national report card that gave Pennsylvania a cumulative ... Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6648325.html?nid=4241 The proposed "Card Check" legislation currently being debated in Washington poses real risks for the ... Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6648605.html?nid=4241 Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty have announced the first steps in a ... Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6647856.html?nid=4241 A bill passed by the State Senate and Assembly should help break the logjam of 20,000 contaminated sites in New Jersey ... Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6647485.html?nid=4241 As erratic weather takes hold in the Upper Midwest, the Red River Valley continued its flooding beginning in Wahpeton, ND, and Breckinridge, MN. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST