Tag: prevailing wage policies
Multi-State Awareness Campaign On Prevailing Wage Laws launched by Smart Cities Prevail
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Smart Cities Prevail today released a series of new TV advertisements on prevailing wage laws, part of a multi-state public information campaign launching in California and New Mexico. "HT Tran" tells the story of an Iraq War veteran who came home after being wounded in combat to found the award winning general engineering firm Anvil Builders.
Open Letter from California City Leaders Calls for Prevailing Wages in State Housing Reforms
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- In an open letter that ran as a full page ad in today's Sacramento Bee, elected leaders from six of California's eight largest cities called on California Governor Jerry Brown and the State Legislature to include prevailing wage standards in state housing reforms. The ad was paid for by Smart Cities Prevail (SCP).
New Study Suggests Linking Prevailing Wage Standards with Housing Reforms Would Close Affordability Gap
eNewsChannels NEWS: (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- A brand new study by construction industry research non-profit Smart Cities Prevail shows that linking prevailing wage standards with proposed reforms to streamline new housing development would close the affordability gap, save state and local governments tens of millions of dollars annually, and disproportionately benefit communities of color.
REPORT: How Weakening Wisconsin Prevailing Wage Policy Would Affect Public Construction Costs and Economic Growth
MADISON, Wis. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Just completed research by Colorado State University Economist Kevin Duncan and Smart Cities Prevail Researcher Alex Lantsberg reveals that Wisconsin's proposed prevailing wage repeal (AB 32) will cost the state nearly 9,000 jobs, $1.2 billion in economic output, $77 million in tax revenue, and will export an estimated $500 million in construction investments out of state.
