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The U.S. Postal Service does not have legal authority to end Saturday mail delivery without authorization from Congress and must halt its plans to make that cut in August, its board said, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday.

The Kansas legislature has passed a measure initiated by Gov. Sam Brownback (R) that puts the secretary of transportation in charge of operations at the Kansas Turnpike, although the bill stipulates that turnpike toll revenue cannot be shifted to the Department of Transportation.

Wholesale inventories fell 0.3% in February, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

The Texas toll road with the country’s fastest speed limit, 85 mph, has drawn half as many drivers as expected in its first few months, the San Antonio Express-News reported.

The Massachusetts House approved a transportation finance bill late Monday that would raise the state’s gas tax by 3 cents a gallon and calls for $500 million in new taxes, the Associated Press reported.

FedEx Custom Critical said it is launching a new monitoring system called ShipmentWatch, which enables it to monitor a package’s location, temperature, light exposure and humidity.

Penske Logistics said Tuesday it has completed a multimillion-dollar upgrade to its data center that serves all of its supply chain customers.

The South Carolina Port Authority said Monday it has reduced truck emissions at its facilities by more than 50% through a combination of idle-reduction efforts, fleet upgrades and fuel content changes.