The Democratic National Committee chose Milwaukee for their 2020 National Convention which will run July 13-16, 2020.  The Convention will take place in the Fiserv Forum, and will feature the party's standard-bearer accepting the presidential nomination.  This is the first time in more than a century that the Democrats will nominate their presidential candidate in a Midwest City other than Chicago.  With the convention coming to Milwaukee, there should be an advancement in a numbers of building projects over the next 18 months.  Click here to read the full article.

Governor Evers Budget

Governor Evers introduced the 2019-21 Budget on Thursday, February 28, 2019.  Here are some items to note:

Prevailing Wage

The budget reverses many changes made over the past eight years.

• Restoring prevailing wage law for state and local projects of public works
• Eliminating the so-called "right-to-work" law, which prohibited labor unions and employers from entering into private agreements regarding the use of unionized workers on a project
• Permitting project labor agreements for public works projects
• Repealing preemption of local government ordinances regarding family and medical leave, wage claims, employee benefits, hours of work and overtime, and solicitation of prospective employees' salary histories

Minimum Wage

The budget would raise the minimum wage, now $7.25 an hour, to $10.50 an hour by 2023. A task force would develop a plan to eventually raise it to $15 an hour.

Taxes

Significant changes in what the Governor calls his tax fairness proposal which may have a large impact on our MSC/MAPC members.

Other Items

• Decriminalize small amounts of marijuana by eliminating the penalty for possession, distribution or manufacture of 25 grams of marijuana or fewer
• Additional staff will allow for faster case resolution, protecting the public from credential holders performing below the minimum standard of care, and decrease processing times for initial and renewal of professional licenses.