A state law prohibits Arizona cities from enacting prevailing wage requirements, a judge ruled.

Arguments about prevailing wages have not changed much since the 1980s, the last time the U.S. government changed methods under the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act to determine a prevailing wage on most construction projects with federal funding.

Context and details are everything in life, including the way construction trade wages are determined and enforced under the federal Davis-Bacon Act.

Proposed changes would be the first major revisions to the law in about 40 years.

ABC contends executive order is an "unlawful...power grab" by the Biden administration.