Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed tort reform legislation touted by trucking leaders as a step toward stabilizing excessive insurance and legal costs.
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Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
LNG Export Project at Center of Firestorm Set for Vote
Federal regulators are set to decide the fate of a long-stalled natural gas export project that has been at the center of a political firestorm over climate change and energy policy.
June 21, 2024FY25 Federal Funding Bills on Congress' Summer Agenda
WASHINGTON — A fiscal 2025 bill to ensure funding for the U.S. Department of Transportation is on Congress’ agenda this summer.
June 20, 2024Buttigieg Promotes Infrastructure Law During Election Year
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been pointing to the benefits linked to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which President Joe Biden touts as a signature achievement.
June 20, 2024Congress Debates FY25 NDAA
A comprehensive defense policy measure recently approved in the House of Representatives proposes security enhancements for trucks at military bases and a review of a new moving contract.
June 20, 2024Motor Carriers Not Quick to Enroll in Apprenticeship Program
In 2022, some in trucking hoped that a pilot to teach and monitor 18- to 20-year-olds in interstate commerce could help lessen the driver shortage. Now it’s not looking that way.
June 20, 202460 Seconds: FHWA Chief Endorses Benefits of Transportation Technologies
Federal Highway Administration leader Shailen Bhatt pressed federal lawmakers to consider a vast portfolio of applications designed to enhance safety along commercial and passenger corridors
June 20, 2024Key EV Battery Material Can Come From Methane
Graphite is key to manufacturing the lithium-ion batteries that power electric cars, and there has been a push to grow a U.S. supply chain.
June 20, 2024California Lawmaker Pulls Bill on Autonomous Vehicles
The tech sector has declared victory after California state Sen. Dave Cortese withdrew SB 915, which would change how self-driving cars are regulated, from consideration this week.
June 20, 2024Joby Says FAA OKs In-House Software for Air Taxi Service
Joby Aviation said it received regulatory clearance to use software products that the electric aviation startup has developed in-house since acquiring Uber’s air taxi division in 2021.
June 20, 2024