Some diversity and construction industry advocates say a recent change by the U.S. Department of Transportation to a federal program could hurt smaller companies owned by minorities and women —…

The change, which eliminated the race-and sex-based presumptions under the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, provided the relief plaintiffs sought, Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove of the US District Court for…

Five months after a federal court ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s overhaul of a U.S. Department of Transportation program, minority-owned businesses say they are being shut out of…

Kenneth Canty, a Georgia infrastructure company owner, hopes to help restore the Francis Scott Key Bridge by repurposing the large bridge structures for environmental restoration. But like his colleagues in…

Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued formal guidance to SBA program officials reiterating, in alignment with policy changes implemented by Administrator Kelly Loeffler last year, that race-based discrimination…

After a U.S. District Court in Kentucky suspended the federal government’s enforcement of race- and gender-based preferences in transportation contracts pending trial, the U.S. Department of Transportation responded by removing…

Minority- and women-owned construction businesses said they’re taking hits after a federal ruling gutted the program that includes thousands of firms on federally funded highway and airport projects. The decision…

Last year, the number of women in the construction industry hit a 20-year high—1.34 million, with more than half a million in managerial or professional roles. Yet despite these gains,…