Specter of Global Trade War Rises as Trump Puts ‘America First’
World leaders aren’t taking Donald Trump’s trade barbs lying down.
February 1, 2017Trump Donates $10,000 to Rural Illinois FedEx Driver
A 24-year-old FedEx delivery driver from a rural Illinois town received the donation of a lifetime Jan. 30 — from President Trump, The Washington Post reports.
February 1, 2017Capitol Agenda for the Week of Jan. 31: Infrastructure Needs? Wait Your Turn
There are many infrastructure projects in America that need immediate attention. Just don't define 'immediate' as the first 200 days of the Trump administration. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.
January 31, 2017Senate Confirms Elaine Chao as Department of Transportation Secretary
The country’s top transportation officer will be Elaine Chao after the Senate voted to confirm her Jan. 31.
January 31, 2017Consumer Confidence Eases From More Than 15-Year High
Consumer confidence retreated in January from a more than 15-year high as Americans tempered their economic expectations and waited for President Trump and lawmakers to deliver on promises to boost employment and jump-start growth, data from the New York-based Conference Board showed Jan. 31.
January 31, 2017Tennessee Gov. Haslam Advocates for Gas Tax in State of the State
NASHVILLE — With the state flush with new general government revenues, Gov. Bill Haslam on Jan. 30 unveiled a $37 billion annual spending plan, urging lawmakers to adopt his recommended gas tax increases to pay for better roads and reject temptations to dodge it by turning to burgeoning revenues in other non-transportation areas to fund it instead.
January 31, 2017Infrastructure to Dominate T&I Panel’s First Hearing of 2017
Raising the gas tax, repatriating overseas corporate profits, and incorporating highway funding as part of an overhaul of the tax code are likely among the funding proposals stakeholders will address when the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meets Feb. 1.
January 30, 2017Trump’s Bid to Slash Regulations Faces Bureaucratic Roadblocks
President Trump set a daunting goal for government agencies bound by complex procedures, ordering his department heads to kill two regulations for each new one they issue.
January 30, 2017Indiana, Tennessee at Forefront of Possible Wave of Fuel-Tax Hikes
With the contentious 2016 election over and few officials on the ballot again until 2018, transportation stakeholders believe that the current state legislative sessions could see fuel taxes raised to cover large funding shortfalls. Only New Jersey, which has off-year elections, did so in 2016.
January 30, 2017Infrastructure Lacking, Massachusetts Freight Plan Panel Says
With members including representatives of regional business and government agencies, a railroad and ports, a new advisory committee held its first meeting Jan. 26 to devise a state freight plan.
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