Kentucky Opportunity Coalition - Newsroomhttp://www.kentuckyopportunitycoalition.org/newsroom-blog/Kentucky Opportunity Coalition - Newsroomen-US2010-07-30T06:06:55ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Mike Duncan speaks on the prevailing wagehttp://www.kentuckyopportunitycoalition.org/newsroom-blog/2009/6/24/mike-duncan-speaks-on-the-prevailing-wage.htmlKentucky Opportunity Coalition2009-06-24T23:48:55Z

“One thing that I have seen proposed recently is on prevailing wage for school facilities. If we weren't paying a prevailing wage on local courthouses and school facilities, it would save hundreds of millions of dollars for the citizens of Kentucky,” Duncan said.

WKYT

]]>Lawmakers voice concerns about special sessionhttp://www.kentuckyopportunitycoalition.org/newsroom-blog/2009/6/23/lawmakers-voice-concerns-about-special-session.htmlKentucky Opportunity Coalition2009-06-24T03:14:00ZRep. Tim Moore, R-Elizabethtown, said he, too, is frustrated by the slow pace which the House has addressed the budget shortfall and believes the General Assembly should look for cost-cutting measures rather than new avenues of spending. He said there are other ways to cut expenses that the General Assembly is avoiding. For instance, Moore said the state’s prevailing wage — a median wage paid to workers in a specified location — puts an additional expense on the price of every construction project in the state with no just cause for doing so.

Hardin County News - Enterprise

]]>State enforced price fixing must end nowhttp://www.kentuckyopportunitycoalition.org/newsroom-blog/2009/6/23/state-enforced-price-fixing-must-end-now.htmlKentucky Opportunity Coalition2009-06-24T03:10:33ZState Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, has urged Gov. Steve Beshear to add the prevailing wage issue to the special session to allow our state to “maximize every taxpayer dollar.”

Bowling Green Daily News

]]>Institute wants prevailing-wage policy added to special session’s agendahttp://www.kentuckyopportunitycoalition.org/newsroom-blog/2009/6/23/institute-wants-prevailing-wage-policy-added-to-special-sess.htmlKentucky Opportunity Coalition2009-06-24T03:07:11ZState leaders and fiscal watchdogs Monday criticized the commonwealth’s antiquated and costly system for paying for public construction projects as a special session of the Legislature convened to address the budget shortfall.


Bluegrass Institute

]]>Sen. Thayer: Let's Add Prevailing Wage to Session Agendahttp://www.kentuckyopportunitycoalition.org/newsroom-blog/2009/6/23/sen-thayer-lets-add-prevailing-wage-to-session-agenda.htmlKentucky Opportunity Coalition2009-06-24T03:05:54ZFrankfort is already discussing options from expanded gaming to additional budget cuts to tax reform to meet these looming challenges. It would be my suggestion, however, that we first dedicate ourselves to maximizing every dollar we invest in Kentucky's future.

Kentucky Club For Growth

]]>Thayer Asks Beshear to Add Prevailing Wage to Special Session Callhttp://www.kentuckyopportunitycoalition.org/newsroom-blog/2009/6/23/thayer-asks-beshear-to-add-prevailing-wage-to-special-sessio.htmlKentucky Opportunity Coalition2009-06-24T03:04:56ZSen. Damon Thayer (R-Georgetown) has requested Gov. Steve Beshear to add repeal of the prevailing wage (as applied to schools) to the list of topics called for in the upcoming Special Session.

Elephants in the Blue Grass

]]>Exempt School Construction From Prevailing Wagehttp://www.kentuckyopportunitycoalition.org/newsroom-blog/2009/6/23/exempt-school-construction-from-prevailing-wage.htmlKentucky Opportunity Coalition2009-06-24T03:03:50ZThe Kentucky Opportunity Coalition is correct to demand that school construction be exempted from the prevailing wage. Whatever amount of money is ultimately appropriated to school facilities, repeal of the prevailing wage will allow that amount to go ten percent further.

Elephants in the Blue Grass

]]>Kentucky Opportunity Coalition Calls For Repeal Of Prevailing Wagehttp://www.kentuckyopportunitycoalition.org/newsroom-blog/2009/6/23/kentucky-opportunity-coalition-calls-for-repeal-of-prevailin.htmlKentucky Opportunity Coalition2009-06-24T03:02:01ZThe Kentucky Opportunity Coalition calls for the Kentucky General Assembly to permanently repeal the prevailing wage provision on education projects. The special session has made the issue of school facility conditions a priority facing the Commonwealth.

Bluegrass Bulletin

]]>Business groups question proposed labor ruleshttp://www.kentuckyopportunitycoalition.org/newsroom-blog/2009/4/26/business-groups-question-proposed-labor-rules.htmlKentucky Opportunity Coalition2009-04-26T02:46:18ZPrevailing WageThe ordinance requires companies bidding on projects receiving city tax subsidies of more than $250,000 to pay prevailing wages.

Courier-Journal

]]>Chamber rips proposed labor ordinancehttp://www.kentuckyopportunitycoalition.org/newsroom-blog/2009/4/26/chamber-rips-proposed-labor-ordinance.htmlKentucky Opportunity Coalition2009-04-26T02:44:54ZPrevailing WagePrevailing wages and benefits, as established for each profession or trade, must be paid.

Courier-Journal

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