Government

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The truck-involved fatality rate on the nation’s highways has hit a new low in the latest data provided by the Department of Transportation.

An Illinois appellate court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that freight forwarder C.H. Robinson Worldwide is liable for damages in a case stemming from a fatal truck accident in 2004.

Manufacturing activity in the New York region expanded at the fastest rate in a year in April, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Friday.

The consumer price index gained 0.5% in March, the Labor Department said Friday.

The U.S. economy showed improvement from mid-February through early April, and reports from transportation services firms were mostly positive, the Federal Reserve said.

American Trucking Associations Chairman Barbara Windsor told a House panel Wednesday that changes are needed to regulations governing hazardous materials shipments in order to improve efficiency and relieve unnecessary regulatory burdens.

Truck traffic crossing the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, slipped 1.4% in March from a year ago, the company that runs the bridge said Tuesday.

Sens. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) introduced a bill last week that would establish a database of drug testing information for truck and bus drivers.

The Texas House has given final approval to a bill that could raise the speed limit on some highways to 85 mph, the Associated Press reported.