Kentucky Opportunity Coalition - Newsroom

Mike Duncan speaks on the prevailing wage

Kentucky Opportunity Coalition — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:48:55 +0000

“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 session

Kentucky Opportunity Coalition — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:14:00 +0000

Rep. 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 now

Kentucky Opportunity Coalition — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:10:33 +0000

State 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 agenda

Kentucky Opportunity Coalition — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:07:11 +0000

State 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 Agenda

Kentucky Opportunity Coalition — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:05:54 +0000

Frankfort 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 Call

Kentucky Opportunity Coalition — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:04:56 +0000

Sen. 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 Wage

Kentucky Opportunity Coalition — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:03:50 +0000

The 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 Wage

Kentucky Opportunity Coalition — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:02:01 +0000

The 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 rules

Kentucky Opportunity Coalition — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:46:18 +0000

The 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 ordinance

Kentucky Opportunity Coalition — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:44:54 +0000

Prevailing wages and benefits, as established for each profession or trade, must be paid.

Courier-Journal