Trucking executives and other industry stakeholders who originally would have traveled to Denver will instead turn their attention online for ATA’s 2020 Management Conference & Exhibition, which will proceed as a virtual event due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Freight industry stakeholders in Maine and around the country are emphasizing Sen. Susan Collins’ contributions to the transportation community.

Sen. Mitch McConnell announced a vote scheduled for Oct.. 21 on a package that would seek to expand unemployment benefits, as well as enhance a loan program for struggling small businesses. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

A seven-member independent board would recommend ways local governments could strengthen their resilience to severe weather events as part of legislation congressional policymakers unveiled this month.

An emergency funding measure aimed at small businesses and sectors affected by the pandemic is expected to reach the floor of the U.S. Senate the week of Oct. 19, the chamber’s leader recently indicated.

Legislation meant to provide federal financial relief for state transportation agencies was introduced this month in Congress.

A new bill from the U.S. House proposes a pilot program to review potential benefits of remote carrier compliance reviews under the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, as well as a national hiring standard for the trucking industry.

The yearlong extension of the country’s premier highway policy law will help to prevent disruptions across transportation sectors, Republican Rep. Sam Graves said.

A multitrillion-dollar proposal from Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden aimed at reconditioning the country’s buildings, mobility grids and energy sectors would suffocate an economy poised to rebound in the coming months, Vice President Mike Pence argued in an Oct. 7 debate with Sen. Kamala Harris.

Economic aid for a federal loan program for small businesses and for the airline industry, including cargo carriers, garnered the support of President Donald Trump.