Government

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Nov. 9 that he won’t seek re-election in 2024, giving Republicans a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the heavily GOP state

President Joe Biden has kicked off a national conversation about infrastructure policy ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. 

Adapting to modern infrastructure technologies and applications will be central to the National Transportation Safety Board’s mission in the coming years, a nominee for the board said.

Canada is implementing a new database requiring registration by next year for people and companies transporting dangerous goods at a domestic site they own or operate.

A new Department of Transportation Inspector General report has concluded that DOT agencies face a number of challenges in 2024 to meet their ambitious safety goals.

WASHINGTON — Enhancing parking availability for truck drivers would improve safety on the nation’s roadways, a senior Iowa trucking executive recently told senators.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The U.S. announced a $553 million project Nov. 8 to build a deep-water shipping container terminal in Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo.

DETROIT — GM's Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling all 950 of its cars to update software after one of them dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in October.

Wyoming transportation officials are deploying a new roadway messaging system to help truckers avoid dangerous blow-over crashes on interstates as winter's peak accident season nears.

A study by a U.S. government financial consumer group has concluded that there is widespread risk for truckers being rushed into signing so-called predatory lease-purchase agreements.