28 Dec COVID-19 Relief Package Includes $10 Billion for Highway Infrastructure President Donald Trump on Dec. 27 signed a COVID-19 relief package that allots $10 billion for highway infrastructure programs. Read more...
28 Dec House Set to Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks Trump Demanded The House is set to vote Dec. 28 to replace the $600 stimulus payments in the newly enacted pandemic relief law with the $2,000 President Donald Trump demanded — a Democratic-led effort that is politically fraught for congressional Republicans and unlikely to become law. Read more...
28 Dec Drone Use in US to Get Boost in New Security Rules Commercial U.S. drone flights are set to receive a huge boost as soon as the week starting Dec. 28 with requirements that most of the devices must transmit a radio beacon with a digital license plate. Read more...
28 Dec Elion Adds Last-Mile Facility in South Florida Elion Partners has acquired a 180,000-square-foot, last-mile industrial asset in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Read more...
28 Dec Trucking Industry's Great Work in 2020 Will Pay Dividends in 2021, ATA’s Spear Says The trucking industry’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a boost in public perception that will endure for years to come, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear told Transport Topics. Read more...
28 Dec Oregon Commission Approves $2.2 Billion for Transportation Improvement Program The Oregon Transportation Commission approved an initial plan to invest approximately $2.2 billion in future projects through the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. Read more...
27 Dec Trump Signs Virus Relief, Government Spending Package President Donald Trump signed a bill containing $900 billion in pandemic relief, backing down from last-minute demands that undercut his own negotiating team, risked a government shutdown and delayed widely supported economic aid as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Read more...
24 Dec House GOP Foils Move on Trump’s $2,000 Checks A surprise scuffle over pandemic relief is set to run up against a crucial federal funding deadline the week of Dec. 28 as Democrats side with President Donald Trump in his demand for $2,000 payments to most Americans and Republicans take up his criticism of government spending. Read more...
23 Dec Hino Halts Truck Production in North America Through September 2021 Hino Motors announced that issues with U.S.-required certification of several of its engines has led its board to pause truck production in North America until the end of September 2021. Read more...
23 Dec Pelosi Urges Trump to Press GOP to Back $2,000 Checks House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pledged swift action on new legislation boosting stimulus payments for individuals to $2,000, urging Republicans to join Democrats in meeting a last-minute demand from President Donald Trump that threw a historic pandemic relief package into doubt. Read more...