ASAToday for July 3rd, 2025

ASA Opposes Bond Threshold Increase in Illinois On March 10, 2023, ASA sent a letter to the Illinois Senate Executive Committee opposing SB157, which seeks to amend Section 1 (30 ILCS 550/1) of the Public Construction Bond Act, Illinois’ Little Miller Act, by raising the current bond threshold from $50,000 to $5,000,000. Also, the legislation creates…

This Week in Congress This week, the House voted on legislation that would overturn a Biden administration rule expanding environmental protection for additional bodies of water, along with bills related to social media censorship, declassifying information on COVID-19 origins, and expanding emergency health-care coverage for veterans at facilities outside the Veterans Affairs Department system.   The…

FY24 Budget On March 9th, President Biden will travel to Philadelphia to release his budget for FY24, which lays out the President’s budget message, top priorities, some brief details on each agency’s request and summary tables. The budget appendix with detailed appropriations language, ‘analytical perspectives’ and budget justifications will not be released until Monday, March…