By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs Each year, ABC National showcases the vital advocacy efforts of the organization with a weeklong Legislative Conference, or LegCon, in Washington, D.C. The
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs With the Pennsylvania Senate set to vote on the 2018-2019 general appropriations bill, commonly referred to as the “budget,” this week, it looks
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs For decades, ABC has been the leading advocate for the merit shop and free enterprise in Harrisburg and Washington. As ABC members, you’ve
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs Weeks ago, the Pennsylvania Senate approved significant changes to a bill that would offer the first major revamp of Pennsylvania’s private contracting law
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs The Senate Republican caucus, which makes up 34 members of the 50-member body, is at a highwater mark, holding a veto-proof majority. On
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs In 1994, the Pennsylvania legislature passed the Contractor & Subcontractor Payment Act (CASPA), opening the door to government regulation of private construction contracting.
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs Not long after the polls closed on Tuesday, the results were already clear: Republicans had selected Sen. Scott Wagner and real estate developer
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs With less than a week to go until Pennsylvania’s May 15 primary election, candidates are working hard to get their message out to
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs The Keystone region could get a supercharged dose of leadership in the state House next year, if everything goes as planned. Late last
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs The Keystone chapter board of directors approved the recommendations for endorsement of six candidates last week, just weeks ahead of the May 15th
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs With only four weeks to go until the Republican primary election, voters got a better idea of where each gubernatorial candidate stands on
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs The gloves have officially come off in the contentious Republican primary for Pennsylvania Governor. Last week, incumbent Tom Wolf reported nearly $15 million
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs With career and technical education a consistent focus at both the federal and state levels in response to a growing workforce shortage, a
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs With less than eight weeks until the May 15 primary election, Pennsylvania’s redistricting fiasco is finally over. The challenge, originated by the League
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs March 21, 2018 As the state legislature begins to gear up for its annual budget slog ahead of the June 30th deadline, other
