A winter storm that killed three people earlier this week has knocked out power in seven states and unleashed tornadoes near New Orleans. About 207,000 customers were without power in Michigan, Minnesota, West Virginia, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Florida and hardest-hit Wisconsin Dec. 15 as the massive system brought heavy snow, rain and high winds across the ...more

Congress intends to work on fiscal 2023 funding legislation through the end of the month. The Senate Dec. 16 approved legislation to fund the government through Dec. 23 by a vote of 71-19 to avert a federal shutdown. The House approved this short-term bill Dec. 14, mostly along party lines. Federal funding authority was to ...more

Congress intends to work on fiscal 2023 funding legislation through the end of the month. The Senate is expected to consider a measure that funds the government through Dec. 23 and averts a federal shutdown. The House approved this short-term bill Dec. 14, mostly along party lines. Federal funding authority expires Dec. 16. Congressional leaders ...more

TOPEKA, Kan. — The operator of a pipeline with the largest onshore crude oil spill in nine years has reopened all of it except for the stretch in Kansas and northern Oklahoma that includes the site of the rupture. Canada-based T.C. Energy said in a statement the night of Dec. 14 that its Keystone system ...more

Ford Motor Co. and China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. are considering building a battery manufacturing plant in Michigan in a complex arrangement designed to reap new tax benefits without running afoul of U.S.-China political sensitivities. The state has emerged along with Virginia as a potential home of the multibillion-dollar facility, according to people familiar ...more

Virginia has $97.6 million in two new low-interest federal loans to improve safety and traffic flows along its rolling Interstate 81 that cuts through rural mountain areas in a main trucking route linking southern economic areas and northeast markets. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the funding award Dec. 12 from its Build America Bureau, ...more

OMAHA, Neb. — Federal regulators and shippers are questioning Union Pacific’s decision to temporarily limit some businesses’ shipments as part of its effort to clear up congestion across the railroad. The head of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, Martin Oberman, said Dec. 14 he’s concerned about Union Pacific’s increasing use of the embargoes because they ...more

Trimble announced it has agreed to acquire Transporeon, a cloud-based transportation management software platform focused on connected supply chain infrastructure, in an all-cash transaction valued at $2 billion. Trimble will acquire Ulm, Germany-based Transporeon, founded in 2000, from Hg, a leading software and services investor and current majority shareholder in the business. Consistent with its ...more

A truck driver helped three college students stranded in northern New Mexico make their way back to school for finals despite a bout of bad weather.  Three students at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado decided to take a quick trip to Denver before finals. Unfortunately, the trio did not take into account the predicted ...more