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Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.

Fuel, Business, Government

Diesel Average Rises 2.3¢

The average price of U.S. retail diesel fuel rose last week for the first time in more than three months, inching up 2.3 cents a gallon to $2.314, the Department of Energy reported.

January 19, 2009
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

EPA Pick Is ‘Open’ to Carbon Tax

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate Lisa Jackson said she was “open to discussion” of a carbon tax to limit greenhouse gas emissions and would immediately begin a review of the Bush administration’s denial of California’s request to regulate those emissions from automobiles.

January 16, 2009
Government, Business

California May Halt Use of Digital Billboards

A California legislator has introduced a bill to put a moratorium on digital advertising displays on highways until studies determine whether the billboards are safe.

January 16, 2009
Business, Equipment, Government

Anything Trucker Creates Online LTL Load Board

Anything Trucker, an Internet retailer of truck and trailer accessories, said Jan. 5 it had launched the Freight Auction Network for less-than-truckload carriers.

January 16, 2009
Business, Government

Consumer Confidence Improves

U.S. consumer confidence improved this month, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan’s preliminary monthly consumer sentiment index released Tuesday.

January 16, 2009
Business, Fuel, Government

CPI Falls 0.7% in December; Gained 0.1% for Year

Consumer prices fell 0.7% in December led by declining energy costs and slowing the declines of previous months, the Labor Department said Friday.

January 16, 2009
Business, Safety, Government

TTNews.com Closed for Martin Luther King Day

Transport Topics Online will be closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Please check back on Tuesday, Jan. 19, for the latest trucking and freight transportation news.

January 15, 2009
Business, Government

Philadelphia Fed Factory Index Shrinks

Manufacturing levels in the Philadelphia region contracted in January, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday. It was the 13th month of contraction in the last 14 months.

January 15, 2009
Government

Producer Prices Fall 1.9% in December

Prices paid to U.S. producers fell 1.9% in December, the Labor Department said Thursday.

January 15, 2009
Business, Government

Business Inventories See Third Straight Month of Decline

Business inventories fell 0.7% in November, the third consecutive month of decline, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

January 14, 2009