Federal transportation officials are fighting the legal and financial roadblocks that threaten to hamper reconstruction of one of the East Coast’s most important traffic conduits and disrupt trucking operations.

One cash-strapped state has passed a measure to increase its fuel tax, and at least three others are considering similar laws to aid their highway funding woes. The Maine Legislature approved a 3-cent fuel tax increase and a $2 vehicle registration fee hike on June 5. Kentucky, Oregon and Virginia are considering raising pump prices — one of the most significant expenses for trucking companies.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance said if Michigan and other states don’t abandon plans to impose business taxes on foreign truckers, the association might seek similar levies on U.S. drivers who cross the border.

A truck-driving California congressman suggested that if officials at the Department of Transportation can’t pull the trigger on new hours-of-service regulations, Congress should do it for them.

Federal transportation officials are fighting the legal and financial roadblocks that threaten to hamper reconstruction of one of the East Coast’s most important traffic conduits and disrupt trucking operations.

Ohio state police arrested two testing examiners and a third suspect in Columbus for selling commercial driver licenses.

Fifty-five NationsWay Transport Service employees, laid off by the carrier’s bankruptcy closure, filed a lawsuit against the company’s management to recover lost wages, vacation pay and other reimbursements they claim are owed to them.

Undercover police in Miami stopped an alleged truck hijacking by killing a suspect and arresting two men believed to be his accomplices.

Fifty-five NationsWay Transport Service employees, laid off by the carrier's bankruptcy closure, have sued the company's management to recover lost wages other reimbursements they claim are owed to them.

Ohio state police arrested two testing examiners and a third suspect in Columbus for selling commercial driver licenses.