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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Anne Ferro, head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, heard the concerns of truck drivers, fleet owners and brokers about such issues as electronic logging and knowledge testing for newcomers, as well as the controversial hours-of-service restart provision during the Mid-America Trucking Show here.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) has signed into law a measure that makes the state the 40th to protect truckers from contracts that force them to assume total liability for accidents whether they are at fault.

WASHINGTON — A House plan put forth by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) would mandate that transfers made to the Highway Trust Fund — a main source of federal aid to states for road and transit programs that is months away from running out of money — would have to come from savings in accounts elsewhere in the budget.

WASHINGTON — The top transportation appropriator in the House on April 3 called into question the benefits of a rule that limits work hours for truckers, in a hearing examining the Obama administration’s fiscal 2015 budget request for transportation agencies.

Kentucky lawmakers have passed a bill that would protect truckers from having to assume all liability for accidents regardless of whether they are to blame.

Trucking executive William Downey told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 2 that changes are needed to improve the safety and security of hazardous material shipments.

Transfers to the federal Highway Trust Fund from the general fund would have to be offset by savings in accounts elsewhere in the budget, under a proposal offered by House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).

A Texas-based motor carrier was shut down April 1 for what the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said was a disregard for safety regulations and endangering the lives of its drivers, passengers and the public.