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The owners of a Lamar company and two employees have been sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to commit fraud.

The chairman and vice chairman of the Kansas House Transportation Committee have drafted their own transportation plan.

TT File PhotoAmericans would support a 1% tax increase to pay for smooth streets with no potholes, a new poll found. A report on infrastructure needs and environmental improvements indicated that 69% of the 800 people surveyed would be "very willing" to pay more in taxes for smoother roads.

Representatives from four ports have urged Congress to allot funds to help deepen and modify their facilities.

Detroit Diesel Corp. announced fourth quarter 1998 revenues of $563 million and record fourth quarter earnings of $10.3 million.

Bartlett Lifting Devices, a Chicago-based company, will become a division of Kalmar Industries USA, Ottawa, Kan., Kalmar announced last month.

Union Pacific Railroad has agreed to double its stake in a Mexican Railroad.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The House was in no mood Wednesday to cut taxes.

File PhotoFedEx pilots approved their first contract with the cargo airline on Thursday, 2 1/2 months after backing down from a threatened strike.

The chairman of the House Transportation Committee showed states exactly what they'd get if extra gas-tax money were sent to them instead being spent on other federal programs.