“Our audit exposes yet another example of foreigners taking advantage of Minnesota services under Governor Walz’s watch,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
December 5, 2025Transportation Compliance News
Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.
Dow's Transportation Average Blazes 9-Day Winning Streak
Equity traders looking for signs that a blistering stock market advance is set to continue may take their cue from the companies that move goods across America’s roads, rails and waterways.
December 5, 2025Fiscal 2026 Funding Bill Stuck in Congressional Negotiations
With less than a month before the end of the calendar year, congressional leaders have not announced a path forward for approving a fiscal 2026 transportation funding measure.
December 4, 2025Biofuel Producers Ask Trump For Year-Round E15 Sales
The American Petroleum Institute joined a coalition of biofuel producers and fuel retailers asking President Donald Trump to push Congress to develop legislation on the issue.
December 4, 2025Lawsuit Abuse Strains Trucking Industry
New research from ATRI examines the impact of tort litigation industrywide as well as myriad factors that were found to contribute to the outcomes of high-profile court cases.
December 4, 2025Texas DOT Studies New Interstate From Gulf Coast to Panhandle
The upgrade would deliver “significant statewide benefits,” including faster travel times, safer roads and more efficiency for commercial freight carriers, the feasability study says.
December 4, 2025Trump Administration Pushes Major Cut to MPG Standards
Trump’s proposal represents a win for the auto and oil industries that argued the requirements pushed the bounds of available technology for getting more miles out of each gallon of fuel.
December 3, 2025Nvidia’s Lobbying Pays Off in AI Export Fight
The so-called GAIN AI Act would require chipmakers to give American customers first dibs on their powerful AI chips before selling in China and other arms-embargoed countries.
December 3, 2025US Trailer Makers Seek Steep Duties Against Import Rivals
The group of trailer OEMs, which calls itself the American Trailer Manufacturers Coalition, comprises Great Dane, Stoughton Trailers and Wabash.
December 3, 2025ATA Promotes Veterans’ Access to Apprenticeships
The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s Economic Opportunity Subcommittee on Dec. 2 examined marketplace programs designed to connect veterans with careers in the freight sector.
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