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J&J Drywall Inc., of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, pleaded guilty to cheating the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $2.8 million by paying workers in cash and not withholding appropriate taxes, federal prosecutors said.

After years of advocacy by RESNET and its allies on extending and reforming the 45L federal tax credit for energy-efficient homes, Congress has passed, and President Biden has signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act.

The $700 billion “Inflation Reduction Act” bill the Senate advanced to the House Sunday, using a special Budget Reconciliation procedure that allowed them to pass it with no Republican support, is a broad bill.

The National Labor Relations Board and the Department of Justice signed a new memorandum of understanding creating a partnership between the two agencies to “protect free and fair labor markets and ensure that workers can freely exercise their rights under the National Labor Relations Act.”

In the Federal Register held on Wednesday, May 25, the DOT published a Temporary Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Construction Materials applicable to funding awards for projects funded under the recently enacted Bipartisan Infrastructure Law through any U.S. Department of Transportation subagency.

As Congress begins debating the PRO Act later this week in the House of Representatives, it is important to understand that the measure fundamentally changes dozens of long-established labor laws that would create conditions where unions hold virtually all the leverage in collective bargaining and unionizing efforts. 

As each day passes, the news and informational overload make the path on our future more and more unclear.

A coalition of 109 companies and organizations, representing a broad span of the construction industry, delivered a letter to the governors of Northeastern states underscoring the ability of the industry to operate safely in the face of the pandemic and the significant role the construction industry will play in leading the region’s economic recovery.

The number of emergency construction sites exempt from the New York’s shutdown of non-essential work has jumped by more than 300 since last week.

As we navigate this evolving COVID-19 pandemic together, we are facing challenging conditions which will impact how all of us in the construction, installation, property management and maintenance sectors deliver services.