Items Tagged with 'President Donald Trump'

Contractors will need to update internal policies regarding work authorization verification for grant programs administered by the Employment and Training Administration.

The term “Big Beautiful Bill” has been used to describe comprehensive infrastructure or construction funding packages that promise significant investment in America’s built environment. For wall and ceiling contractors, these types of legislative packages aren't just political headlines, they signal opportunity, growth, and change within the construction industry.

Association urges administration to abandon plans to impose additional tariffs, which may drive up construction costs, disrupt supply chains and undermine project delivery.

The association says it will continue to fight PLA mandate in court.  

Aluminum and steel tariffs doubled on June 4, spiking prices 54 percent and straining construction budgets. Contractors face rising costs, labor shortages and shrinking margins amid the most aggressive trade stance in decades.

The department suddenly closes regional offices nationwide, scrambling to find accommodations for those enrolled in Job Corp.

A federal court struck down Trump’s broad “Liberation Day” tariffs, ruling that they exceeded his emergency powers and reaffirmed Congress’s authority over trade policy, thereby bolstering stable global trade dynamics.

Tax reforms in the recently House-passed version of the 2026 federal budget proposal offer good news for contractors—if the country can weather its long-term costs.