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The U.S. economy’s service sector expanded in August, the Institute for Supply Management said.

The U.S. Postal Service may have to shut down this winter unless Congress acts to address the agency’s financial crisis, the New York Times reported.

President Obama hinted that a jobs plan to be unveiled Thursday will include infrastructure elements to repair and rebuild roads and bridges, in a bid to put people back to work and boost the economy, the Detroit News reported.

We were disappointed to see the federal appellate court’s ruling overturning the requirement that some motor carriers install electronic recording devices to monitor drivers’ compliance with the hours-of-service rule.

A federal appeals court has thrown out the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s 2010 rule requiring electronic onboard recorders for many motor carriers, telling the safety agency it must rewrite its rule to ensure the devices won’t be used to harass drivers.

With gasoline at its second-highest level for a Labor Day weekend, travel is forecast to be down about 2.5% this year, according to the automobile group AAA, the Associated Press reported.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will delay its elimination of “registrant-only” U.S. Department of Transportation numbers given to commercial vehicle owners that are not in business as carriers.