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By Dusty Rhodes—The next time you drive past a construction site, take a close look at the workers. Besides the hard hats and the steel-toed boots, you might notice that they have something else in common: Virtually all are white males.

All it takes is a hard hat, work boots and a GED. So why aren't more minorities employed in the construction industry?

All it takes is a hard hat, work boots and a GED. So why aren't more minorities employed in the construction industry?

CHAMPAIGN -- Illinois’ legislative effort to level the playing field for minority- and female-owned businesses comes down to a single sentence, and a simple one at that: “Those who submit bids or proposals for State contracts shall not be given a period after the bid or proposal is submitted to cure deficiencies . . . . ”