The Missouri Department of Transportation will delay awarding a contract to build the new Mississippi River bridge until it determines whether minority contractors are being fully utilized in the St. Louis region, the department announced today.

The delay comes after minority contractors raised concerns this summer that the state hasn’t been involving…

U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay wants separate goals for women and minority contractors on the new Mississippi River bridge, the $640 million project scheduled to be under construction in January or February.

In a letter Monday to U.S. Tranportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Clay urged the U.S.…

The oversight branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation has opened an inquiry into whether the Missouri Department of Transportation is doing enough to involve minority-owned businesses in projects that use federal stimulus dollars.

The Missouri chapter of the NAACP contacted…