By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone Next week, the House Labor & Industry Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Cox (R-Berks), will hear testimony on two laws related
By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone This week, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Lehigh) circulated a co-sponsorship memo to his House colleagues for legislation that would require the use
By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone Just a year ago, Senate Republicans held a more than comfortable margin in the 50-member state Senate, with 34 members. The number
By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone At last week’s ABC Convention in Long Beach, CA, the ABC National office recognized various levels of commitment to advocacy among
By: Stephanie Larkin, Director of Education, Safety & Workforce Development You’ve likely read recent stories from ABC Keystone Chapter about how there’s a new articulation agreement between a school and
By: G. David Sload, ABC President-CEO Last month I shared the news that our Markley Street PLA decision had been appealed by the Secretary of the DOT. As I sat
By: Douglas M. Dvorchak, 2019 Chair of the Board, ABC Keystone It seems as if every contractor I speak to has a solid backlog and/or has plenty of jobs to
By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a landmark case involving the ongoing battle of public sector unions and their
By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone Things are really crazy right now. I’m just too swamped. What could I possibly do to help anyway? These are all
By: Austin Kann, Field Representative, Tradesmen International The Importance of Water Nothing is stressed more in the military than to drink water. Or ‘’Hydrate.” Your back is hurting? Drink Water.
By: Benjamin A. Paulding, Senior Accountant, McKonly & Asbury, LLP and 2019 YP Committee Chair After some engaging and collaborative whiteboard sessions in 2018, our committee honed in on our
By Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs, ABC Keystone In 2017, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) took an innovative step and announced that they would be attempting to use
By: Douglas M. Dvorchak, 2019 Chair of the Board, ABC Keystone I hope many of you were able to attend the Economic Outlook Breakfast with Anirban Basu. It was another
By: G. David Sload, ABC President-CEO This quote may seem a little harsh, especially in a time when so many of us are so tired of all the political rhetoric
With a Republican-controlled legislature and a Democratic governor riding high after a 17% reelection win, it’s a safe bet that there’s going to be some friction when it comes to
