The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed ending a four-decade-old program that mandates the hiring of minority- and women-owned businesses for federal transportation contracts.

It could have major implications for thousands of Georgia-based businesses.

The move came as a response to a 2023 federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Transportation alleging the program was unconstitutional.

While the Biden administration had been defending the program in court, the Trump administration has taken the opposite approach with the proposed settlement.

The lawsuit was filed by two Indiana-based hauling and milling companies against what’s known as the DBE program, which aims for 10% of transportation spending to be awarded to “disadvantaged business enterprises,” or minority- and wom

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