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The consumer price index fell 0.4% in April, the biggest downturn in more than four years, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The Transportation Security Administration’s $23 million pilot test of Transportation Worker Identification Credential biometric card readers at 17 sites failed to prove that the technology actually works as intended, according to a new government report.

A Virginia judge has ruled unconstitutional the state’s plan to begin tolling in February on two existing tunnels between Norfolk and Portsmouth to pay for construction of a third.

Maine’s Legislature has passed a bill that would authorize the state’s Transportation Department to raise the speed limit to 75 mph on any highway — higher than the 65 mph maximum limit in most of the state — as long as the department concludes that it is a safe speed.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will propose a regulation later this year that would absolve truck drivers of their duty to file reports about truck and trailer inspections that do not find any equipment defects, a federal official said.

The New Jersey General Assembly approved legislation cracking down on cargo theft, according to a bill co-sponsor Assemblyman Dave Rible (R).

A federal appeals court has ruled that a legal challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s “conflict minerals” reporting rule must first be adjudicated in a civil federal district court.

Medical professionals would be required to report the results of physical examinations of commercial drivers to the federal government on the same day as the exam under a regulation proposed last week.

The Transportation Security Administration has awarded a contract to Triumph Enterprises Inc. to continue a program, initially started by American Trucking Associations, to train commercial drivers to spot possible terrorist activities on U.S. highways, according to a memo obtained by Transport Topics.

Arkansas Best Corp., fresh from winning a tentative contract with the Teamsters union for its less-than-truckload unit, last week said that it rebuffed an acquisition overture from competitor YRC Worldwide Inc.