by Mike Lear | Jan 27, 2014 | News
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...
by Mike Lear | Mar 4, 2013 | Education, News
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...
by Mike Lear | Mar 7, 2012 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
The first debate on the House Floor over prevailing wage has seen tempers flare and no vote taken. Representative Barney Fisher (R-Richards) says the ruling handed down by the State Supreme Court in March, 2011 in the case of Utility Services Incorporated versus the...
