Buy America

A bill mandating the use of American-made iron and steel made for state-funded road and construction work passed almost unanimously, then was signed into law in June.

AAM in comments to the department: Targeted waivers are sometimes appropriate, but the tools to put the Build America, Buy America Act into action are already in hand.

Lansing lawmakers should apply Buy America rules for Michigan-made yellow pigment used in the state's road-pricing projects.

Dozens of other states have passed similar domestic preference rules. Will the commonwealth follow suit?

A pair of senators have introduced legislation that would scrutinize the compliance issues for rules governing federally assisted infrastructure contracts.

AAM joins the United Steelworkers to lobby for a domestic preference rule in Kentucky's public buildings and public works projects.

Michigan included this pigment in its Buy America rules for transportation spending last year. And bills to add it to federal rules have been introduced.

That's a big deal for the workers who make this stuff in Muskegon.

The first phase of the discontinuation of a decades-old mistake that governs highway construction began on October 1.

The U.S. Department of Transportation must prioritize American-made products and materials in the policies that guide its funding. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is asking the public to...