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Durable goods orders rose in June, the Commerce Department said Friday.

WASHINGTON — The House Thursday approved a bill that would require states to update their highway bridge inspection standards and perform annual inspections of structurally deficient bridges.

Truck dealership Rush Enterprises’ first-quarter net income fell to $6.1 million, or 16 cents a share, down from $13 million, or 34 cents, a year ago.

Third-party logistics company and freight broker Hub Group’s second-quarter net income rose to $15 million, or 40 cents a share, from $13.8 million, or 35 cents, a year ago.

Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter profit rose 19%, on higher demand for agricultural transportation.

Truckload carrier Knight Transportation’s second-quarter profit fell to $12.7 million, or 15 cents a share, from $18.2 million, or 21 cents, a year ago.

The House approved a bill by a lopsided margin Wednesday that would restore $8 billion to the federal Highway Trust Fund to avert an expected revenue shortfall in the coming fiscal year.

U.S. economic activity remained generally weak in June and early July, and several regions reported trucking companies were having a hard time recouping higher costs, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to the Department of Transportation’s fiscal 2009 budget aimed at halting the U.S.-Mexico trucking pilot program.