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President-elect Donald Trump is tapping Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, he announced Dec. 8, placing a chief opponent of the Obama administration’s climate agenda in charge of implementing the nation’s environmental laws.

WASHINGTON — Allowing states to establish tolling facilities on existing interstate highways would help finance large-scale infrastructure projects, the former governor of Pennsylvania argued while on a panel here on Dec. 8.

Vermont is Bernie Sanders’ home state, but its governor-elect is hardly in the former Democratic presidential candidate’s tax and spend model. Speaking to the Vermont Petroleum Association on Dec. 7, Republican Phil Scott said he wants to rebuild the state’s infrastructure but without raising taxes. 

WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on a Senate trucking subcommittee said he is hopeful Republican leaders will be forced to remove a provision in a short-term funding bill that would clarify an hours-of-service rule for truckers.

Federal trucking regulators announced a final entry-level driver training rule on Dec. 7 that dropped an earlier proposal requiring that new truck drivers complete a minimum of 30 hours of  behind-the-wheel training to become eligible for a commercial driver license.

A clarification to regulators about an hours-of-service rule for truck drivers has been attached to a short-term funding bill the House and Senate need to advance by Dec. 9 to keep the federal government running beyond this week.

Universities, and nonprofits looking to help the U.S. Department of Transportation tackle the country’s mobility concerns in the years to come may apply to become a “Beyond Traffic” innovation center.

The share of state highways in poor condition would double during the next decade without an infusion of new revenue, Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary Mark Gottlieb told lawmakers Dec. 6.

The top transportation authorizer in the House announced six staff updates for his committee for the 115th Congress convening in January.