House considers further changes to Missouri prevailing wage law

A House Committee has heard a proposal that would make changes to Missouri law governing out wage rates are set for public building projects. Representative Warren Love (R-Osceola) proposes having the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations set prevailing hourly...

House passes prevailing wage exemption for schools

The House has approved a bill to exempt most school districts in the state from prevailing wage law. Backers of the bill say many schools, particularly in rural parts of the state, have to put off construction and maintenance projects or leave them undone because they...