Dan Carden

Hoosier Republicans are leading an effort to end contract set-asides for small businesses owned and controlled by women and racial minorities in federally funded transportation projects administered by the state.

Attorney General Todd Rokita last week formally requested the U.S. Department of Transportation issue the Indiana Department of Transportation a waiver from the race and gender components of the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program.

Rokita asserts, on behalf of 16 other state attorneys general, it is unlawful for the federal government to require INDOT to allocate a portion of federal highway, transit and airport funds to small businesses owned by individuals who are socially and economically disadvantaged when such determinations are based solel

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