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The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to its best day since 1933 as Congress and the White House neared a deal March 24 to inject nearly $2 trillion of aid into an economy ravaged by the coronavirus.

Transportation and emergency management professionals recently stressed the importance of organization and communication as agencies respond to the coronavirus.

A New York assemblyman has asked Elon Musk to make ventilators at Tesla Inc.’s state-subsidized solar factory, which may be unable to meet hiring goals because of a shutdown order.

The $2.2 trillion economic rescue plan advanced by Congress will target aspects of the supply chain and commercial transportation networks that are struggling after the coronavirus pandemic crippled much of the country’s economy.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on March 24 issued a formal notice that it will not take enforcement action for certain expired commercial driver licenses, learner permits and medical certifications through June 30.

Truck tonnage in February rose 2.6% when compared with year-ago levels, according to American Trucking Associations.

The Federal Aviation Administration wants to know how much room the St. Louis Regional Airport has to park planes.

From decontamination of their uniforms daily to keeping their distance from truck cabs and drivers, roadside inspectors face increasingly challenging conditions in keeping the nation’s highways safe in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.

A shipping company was ordered to pay a $1.65 million fine and given four years’ probation after one of its vessels was caught dumping oil bilge water into the Pacific Ocean, a short distance from the Golden Gate Bridge.

The U.S. average retail price of diesel fell 7.4 cents to $2.659 per gallon, the Department of Energy reported March 23 as oil prices went lower.