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| April 23, 2021 | Kamala Harris is Quietly Pushing Loans for Small & Diverse Businesses | Over the course of President Joe Biden’s election campaign, he repeatedly promised to put minority and women-owned businesses at the forefront of his recovery agenda. As we have ...Read more |
| April 22, 2021 | Top 7 University and K-12 Construction Companies | 1. Turner Construction CompanyThe first entry on our list actually came in second on our list of the ...Read more |
| April 20, 2021 | Black-Owned Businesses Awarded Less than 1% of North Carolina's $9.9B Public Works Contracts | North Carolina has announced the results of their first disparity study in over a decade. It reveals that only about 1 percent of North Carolina public works contracts have been awarded to black-ow ...Read more |
| April 20, 2021 | Key Construction Commodity Prices Are Rising Sharply | At Contractor News, we looked at tools available through the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), an economic database fr ...Read more |
| April 19, 2021 | Transportation Planners Talk LA-Vegas Rail Service | As we have previously reported, the White House’s infrastructure plan calls on Congre ...Read more |
| April 18, 2021 | SBA to Launch Restaurant Revitalization Fund | The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced on Saturday application requirements and eligibility guidelines for the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund signed into law as part of the ...Read more |
| April 17, 2021 | Top Paving Contractor Trends for 2021 | Recycled AsphaltA lot of it has been spread around the United States, but not much ink has been spilled on the increasing use of recycled asphalt. According to Recycling Magazine, asphalt ...Read more |
| April 16, 2021 | Federal Railroad Agency to Conduct First Nationwide M/WBE Disparity Study | The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will be running a disparity study on small, minority-owned, and women-owned businesses to better understand whether or not firms applying for subcontracts ...Read more |
| April 16, 2021 | Treasury Dept. Creates New Office for Covid Relief Oversight | As we have previously reported, the first coronavirus relief bill, the Heroes Act, was not without its hiccups. To increase oversight of the relief bill signed into law in March, the Biden Administ ...Read more |
| April 13, 2021 | New Participation Goals for Illinois’s BEP-Certified Businesses | The Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) Business Enterprise Program (BEP) has announced a new disparity study along with a new formula in order to raise the participation of Di ...Read more |