The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), has defeated primary election challengers, including one backed by conservatives and the Tea Party.
May 21, 2014Government, Business
House Panel Approves $52B Transportation, Housing Funding Bill
The full House will take up a $52 billion spending bill that would fund transportation and housing programs in fiscal 2015 as early as this month.
May 21, 2014Government
Shuster Among GOP Primary Election Winners
Business, Government
ABF Executive Appointed to Commerce Department Supply Chain Committee
The Department of Commerce has appointed ABF Freight executive Jevon Jamieson to its Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness.
May 21, 2014Government
Bill to Boost Ports Passes House, Now Goes to Senate
The House overwhelmingly passed a long-awaited water reauthorization bill May 20 that will allow dredging at several ports around the country to accommodate the large cargo ships expected with the widening of the Panama Canal.
May 20, 2014Business, Safety, Government
LaHood Joins Infrastructure Investment Firm
Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has taken a position as a senior adviser with Meridiam North America, an investment firm specializing in infrastructure.
May 20, 2014Government, Business
Foxx Touts Infrastructure in Florida Visit
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx continued the administration’s press for Congress to pass a transportation funding bill during a visit to Florida on May 19.
May 20, 2014Business, Government
Georgia Ports Authority to Acquire Four Ship-to-Shore Cranes
The Georgia Ports Authority board said it approved $86.5 million to purchase four ship-to-shore cranes and 20 rubber-tired gantry cranes.
May 19, 2014Government, Business
Senate Panel Passes Road Bill With Focus on Freight Projects
A $265 billion, six-year transportation reauthorization bill approved by a Senate committee last week would require states to spend some of their federal highway money on projects that improve freight mobility.
May 19, 2014Government, Business
Freight Industry Leaders Unite to Push for More Road Funding
WASHINGTON — Leaders from nearly all segments of the freight-hauling industry and other transportation and business groups convening here for “Infrastructure Week” called for long-term federal aid they said would help states and businesses plan projects that improve the way goods move around the country — and the globe.
May 19, 2014Government, Business
Obama Sends Senate Nominations for DOT’s Mendez, Rogoff
President Obama has sent nomination papers to the Senate for two Department of Transportation officials who have been serving as acting heads in leadership posts at the department.
May 16, 2014