07 Dec Pelosi, McConnell Negotiate COVID-19 Relief with Transportation Aid Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) recently suggested her team is negotiating with her Senate counterparts on potentially advancing a pandemic measure as early as this month, and transportation would be included. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
07 Dec Missouri Lawmakers May Ask Voters to Raise Gas Tax in 2021 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Two years after Missouri voters decisively rejected a proposal to raise Missouri’s gasoline tax, the leader of the Senate wants a do-over. Read more...
07 Dec Details of $908 Billion US Pandemic Relief Plan Set for Release Bipartisan negotiators on a $908 billion pandemic relief package are planning to unveil more details of their proposal Dec. 7, aiming to settle on language that can satisfy enough Republicans and Democrats to secure passage of one final tranche of COVID-19 aid before Congress breaks for the year. Read more...
07 Dec Oil Slips From Nine-Month High With Markets in Risk-Off Mode Oil fell from its strongest close in nine months, hampered by weaker risk sentiment in global markets. Read more...
04 Dec Truckers Confront Risk Factors for Diabetes About nine years ago, California-based longhaul truck driver Richard Hall was in for a big surprise when he got his first Department of Transportation medical exam. Read more...
04 Dec California Commission Approves $2 Billion in Infrastructure Projects The California Transportation Commission has approved $2 billion for 56 new projects, some of which aim to improve the movement of goods and reduce congestion. Read more...
04 Dec JBS Sends Thousands of Meat Workers Home During COVID Surge A surge in COVID-19 cases is starting to impact American meat-processing operations in another potential threat to food supply chains that were upended in the early stages of the pandemic. Read more...
04 Dec US Trade Deficit Rises 1.7% to $63.1 Billion in October The U.S. trade deficit widened 1.7% in October to $63.1 billion. The politically sensitive gap in the trade of goods with China and Mexico grew. Read more...
04 Dec Jobs Recovery Slows as Virus Rages, Boosting Aid Chances The U.S. labor market rebound slowed markedly in November, indicating the surge in COVID-19 cases is hitting workers and curbing the broader economic recovery as the unemployment rate edged down to 6.7% Read more...
04 Dec Rep. Sam Graves Chosen Again to Lead House Republican T&I Caucus Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives selected Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri to lead their efforts on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee during the 117th Congress. Read more...