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WASHINGTON — America’s employers added a substantial 311,000 jobs in February, fewer than January’s huge gain but enough to keep pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates aggressively to fight inflation.

The Port of Milwaukee’s new $40 million agricultural maritime export facility not only marks its largest cash infusion since the 1950s, but also will open doors to more overseas markets using its multimodal infrastructure.

Safety and freight connectivity programs are prioritized in the White House’s fiscal 2024 budget request for the U.S. Department of Transportation.

A U.S. probe into the 13,000-barrel oil spill on TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline is expected to cut into crude flows ahead of the summer driving season.

Legislation to repeal a tax on the purchase of new trucks was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In the wake of three high-profile freight train accidents within the last month, including one that caused environmental damage in East Palestine, Ohio, the National Transportation Safety Board announced March 7 it is opening a special investigation into the safety practices of Norfolk Southern Corp.

DETROIT — U.S. auto safety regulators have opened an investigation into Tesla’s Model Y SUV after getting two complaints that the steering wheels can come off while being driven.

President Joe Biden recently nominated Julie Su to serve as the next secretary of the Department of Labor.

Michigan has an annual funding gap of roughly $2.1 billion to $3.9 billion when it comes to money to maintain the state’s crumbling roads and bridges — even after record federal aid and state bonding is taken into account, according to a new study of the state’s infrastructure costs.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s governor said March 6 he is going to ask lawmakers to approve nearly $1.3 billion to bring to the state a new electric vehicle plant by Scout Motors Inc.