The federal government’s current funding authority is set to expire Oct. 1. (Bloomberg News) Ensuring federal agencies are funded through fiscal 2024 will lead the Senate’s agenda when members return to Washington after the August recess, the chamber’s leader indicated recently. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) emphasized the seriousness with regard to approving fiscal 2024 ...more
One analyst noted that while conditions are still bad, they don’t seem to be getting much worse. (Aziz Shamuratov/Getty Images) The trucking industry reported a weak second quarter with freight volumes and destocking efforts putting downward pressure on demand. “I would say from a quarter perspective, it was bad,” said Wells Fargo analyst Allison Poliniak-Cusic. ...more
Trucks are parked at a Love's Travel Stop in Oklahoma. The company is expected to open a location near Spindale, N.C., in the third quarter of next year. (Love's Travel Stops) A $1.6 million U.S. Department of Commerce grant to a southwestern North Carolina town is paying for new infrastructure to support opening a Love’s ...more
Julie Su speaks during a confirmation hearing. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press) Legislation aimed at preventing an acting head of the Department of Labor from remaining in the job indefinitely was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Republican Reps. Virginia Foxx and Kevin Kiley unveiled the Department of Labor Succession Act as a way of ...more
Used car prices dropped 5.1% in July from a year earlier to $29,198. (Matt Rourke/AP) WASHINGTON — Inflation in the United States rose in July after 12 straight months of declines, boosted by costlier housing. But excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core inflation matched the smallest monthly increase in nearly two years. The ...more
A Waymo driverless taxi stops on a street in San Francisco for several minutes because the back door was not completely shut, while traffic backs up behind it, on Feb. 15. (Terry Chea, file/AP) SAN FRANCISCO — California regulators are poised to decide whether two rival robotaxi services can provide around-the-clock rides throughout San Francisco, ...more
The remains of a mobile home park in Fort Myers, Fla., are seen in May, six months after Hurricane Ian ravaged the area. (Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press) After predicting a “near-normal” hurricane season in May, federal experts revised their forecast Aug. 10 and said they are now expecting an above-average number of storms in 2023, as ...more
Iowa 3-axle wiiner and state grand champion Mindy Rathjens will be one of 10 women competing at the National Truck Driving Championships. (FedEx Corp.) Less than two months ago, Mindy Rathjens, a FedEx Freight driver, was competing at the Iowa Truck Driving Championships. En route to her grand champion performance, Rathjens explained that everything about ...more
A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier tries to stay cool under the shade of an umbrella as she walks her route along East Grand Avenue in Dallas June 20. (Elías Valverde II/Tribune Content Agency) WASHINGTON — Texas lawmakers prodded the U.S. Postal Service on Aug. 9 to provide bottled water to mail carriers in San ...more
CVSA has created an online survey to measure the number of drivers who use the conveyance standard legitimately, or to conceal driving hours. (vitpho/Getty Images) In an effort to help convince federal trucking regulators to better define when truck drivers can legitimately use personal conveyance time, a group of hand-picked certified inspectors nationwide are compiling ...more
