Jorge Lima, Senior VP of Policy at Americans for Prosperity, recently joined host Gregory Kallenberg on Kallenberg's Rational Middle podcast to discuss the importance of finding...
Government Actions
When the private sector does not address a major issue, the public sector will often step into the vacuum and do it. The construction industry has been slow to embrace the principles of social responsibility and sustainable value, focusing instead on whatever it takes to be lowest bidder. As a consequence of this, government is adopting policies that reshape the rules for the industry.
Chelsie Kramer of New American Economy, a nonprofit, bipartisan immigration research and advocacy organization was a guest on a recent episode of Rational Middle podcast. New...
In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Greater Houston Partnership is providing a daily update on public policies and other newsworthy items from local, state and...
Some bristle at labeling construction workers as essential because many of them are undocumented. With Houston’s undocumented population running between 600,000 and 700,000, it’s...
As businesses across our region and the globe continue to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, the Partnership is launching the Greater Houston Business Recovery Center (GHBRC) to help...
Associated Builders and Contractors Vice President of Legislative and Political Affairs Kristen Swearingen issued the following statement about the signing of the Coronavirus Aid...
On March 11, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule, officially titled Apprenticeship Programs, Labor Standards for Registration, Amendment of Regulations, which...
The Rational Middle podcast hosts Chris Lyon and Loren Steffy — with the help of immigration attorneys Charles Foster and Jacob Monty — dive into America’s troubled history of...
Violating privacy rights, eliminating choice and diminishing the freedom of construction employees in order to shift the advantage toward forced unionization would fundamentally...
