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Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.

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Exxon Reduces Rates at Baytown Refinery After Extinguishing Fire

ExxonMobil Corp. said it will adjust its rates following a Dec. 23 fire at its Baytown, Texas, refinery that injured four people.

December 23, 2021
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Supreme Court to Hold Special Session on Vaccine Mandates

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says it will hold a special session Jan. 7 to weigh challenges to two Biden administration policies covering vaccine requirements for millions of workers — policies that affect large employers and health care workers.

December 22, 2021
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Consumer Confidence Rises Despite Omicron, Higher Prices

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer confidence rose in December as Americans shrugged off concerns about rising prices and COVID-19’s highly contagious omicron variant.

December 22, 2021
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US Probes Potential of Drivers Playing Video Games in Teslas

ATHENS, Ohio — The U.S. has opened a formal investigation into the potential for Tesla drivers to play video games on a center touch screen while the vehicle is in motion.

December 22, 2021
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NHTSA: Highway Safety Programs Receive $260 Million in Grants

Federal programs aimed at improving safety along the country’s highways will receive a boost in funding, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently indicated.

December 21, 2021
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ATA Leadership: 2021 Brought Trucking Several Key Victories

The trucking industry will look back on 2021 as a year of important victories for infrastructure improvement and workforce development, and now can look ahead to the opportunities those victories present, leaders from American Trucking Associations said.

December 21, 2021
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Appeals Court OKs Private Employer Vaccine Mandate

A federal appeals court panel on Dec. 17 allowed President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for larger private employers to move ahead.

December 17, 2021
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Driver Shortage Defines Trucking for 2021

The shortage of professional drivers quickly became the defining issue for the industry during the past year with its far-reaching effects.

December 17, 2021
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Build Back Better Christmas Deadline Elusive in US Senate

The U.S. Senate continued to debate the White House’s nearly $2 trillion social infrastructure budget agenda as a committee considered President Joe Biden’s nominee for transportation safety affairs.

December 16, 2021
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Three-Judge Panel to Decide Appeal of Vaccine Mandate for Private Employers

The Cincinnati-based U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said Dec. 15 that a three-judge panel — rather than the entire court — would rule on a challenge to President Joe Biden’s mandate that all private employers with at least 100 workers require them to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or wear masks and face weekly tests.

December 15, 2021