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White House Reaches Agreement on Infrastructure
Monday, President Biden announced a deal with a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators on a framework for an infrastructure package that would provide approximately $1 trillion to address the needs of the nation’s most critical infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and broadband services for Americans.
White House to Hold Meetings on Bipartisan Infrastructure Proposal
This week, President Biden will host meetings with members of Congress as a bipartisan infrastructure proposal faces a make-or-break week in Washington. The president’s talks this week could mark a final push to find a compromise before Democrats move to pass a multi-trillion, partisan infrastructure plan. While talks are being held, Democrats have also started…
OSHA excludes construction industry from emergency COVID-19 safety rules
From: The Daily Reporter By: Nate Beck, nbeck@dailyreporter.com June 11, 2021 Construction trade groups are praising the Biden Administration’s decision to exclude the construction industry from new safety rules related to COVID-19. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an Emergency Temporary Standard, or ETS, on Thursday specifically for the health-care industry. In it step, OSHA lays…
Construction Input Prices Rise 4.6% in May; Softwood Lumber Prices Up 154% From a Year Ago, Says ABC
WASHINGTON, June 15-Construction input prices increased 4.6% in May compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices increased 4.8% for the month. Construction input prices are 24.3% higher than a year ago, while…
Biden Administration Releases Spring 2021 Regulatory Agenda
On June 11, the Biden administration released its Spring 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The agenda lists upcoming rulemakings and other regulatory actions from each agency that the administration expects to publish through the end of the year and into 2022.
Bipartisan Group of Senators Proposal Infrastructure Deal
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators are seeking support from their colleagues and the White House on a tentative infrastructure package they negotiated last week, calling the plan a “realistic, compromise framework to modernize our nation’s infrastructure and energy technologies.”
Biden and GOP Abandon Infrastructure Talks
An administration official said Biden never agreed to shift coronavirus relief funds to pay for infrastructure – a major GOP request – and that Republicans never increased the price tag of their offer enough to satisfy Biden, who sought at least $1 trillion in new spending over current infrastructure spending levels.
News from Governor Cuomo’s 6-7-21 Press Conference
On Monday, June 7th Governor Cuomo held a press conference where he announced the following major changes to NYS COVID-19 policy: Effective today, NYS schools will no longer be mandated to require that students wear masks outdoors. The individual decisions will be up to local school districts Governor Cuomo says NY will be lifting ALL…
6/7/21 Federal Infrastructure Update
While no breakthrough seems imminent, infrastructure talks between President Biden and Senate Republicans continue as they try to reach an agreement on significant federal investment in the nation’s infrastructure. While Biden rejected Republicans’ proposal to add an additional $50 billion to their $928 billion counterproposal on infrastructure spending, according to a report last week from…
ABC’s Sizemore Appointed to Serve on OSHA Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health
From ABC National WASHINGTON, May 27-Associated Builders and Contractors today announced that Greg Sizemore, ABC vice president of health, safety, environment and workforce development, has been appointed by the U.S. Department of Labor to serve as a representative for U.S. construction employers on the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and…