Arkansas governor unveils $300 million highway funding plan; includes gas tax hike
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ governor on Monday unveiled a $300 million highway funding plan that calls for increasing taxes and tapping into expected casino
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ governor on Monday unveiled a $300 million highway funding plan that calls for increasing taxes and tapping into expected casino
MONTPELIER, Vt.  — Vermont lawmakers have introduced a bill that would increase fines for texting while driving and other distracted driving offenses. The Times Argus
As if the trucking industry wasn’t already being harangued enough … . PR Newswire was founded in 1954 to provide public relations agencies and in-house
Covering the trucking industry is like doing the color commentary on an endless, slow-motion game of Whac-A-Mole. There’s a set of issues, and they take
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas has trouble keeping road equipment operators from leaving for other, better-paying jobs — so much so that supervisors worry about being
SEATTLE — Residents of the Pacific Northwest took to neighborhood hills with skis, sleds or even just laundry baskets Saturday to celebrate an unusual dump
DES MOINES, Iowa — A bill to ban the use of cellphones while driving has advanced out of an Iowa Senate subcommittee. The bill would
Long-term lane closures on I-440 in Nashville will begin March 1, 2019. The number of travel lanes will be reduced for the remainder of the
WASHINGTON — Acknowledging that before President Donald Trump and Congress can work together to develop an infrastructure plan, the Highway Trust Fund shortfall must be
SAN FRANCISCO — Autonomous trucking startup Ike said Tuesday it had completed a series A round of $52 million, led by Bain Capital Ventures. Redpoint
WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump only mentioned the nation’s infrastructure and its proposed new Canada-Mexico trade agreement in his State of the Union address
LANSING, Mich. — New Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield said Michigan will always struggle to fund roadwork until it solves the root problem — drivers
PIERRE, S.D. — A House panel on Tuesday endorsed a bill that would expand South Dakota’s texting while driving ban to mostly prohibit mobile device
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board revealed its 2019-2020 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements Monday. First issued in 1990, the NTSB Most
WASHINGTON — During a hearing before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on January 29, Nicole Nason said that, should the committee confirm
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Pilot Flying J, has set a goal to raise $1 million in February to support the American Heart Association in honor of
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is unwilling to budge much on a proposed list of bridges slated for repair under a $350
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia lawmakers have rejected a plan to add tolls to Interstate 81 to pay for $2 billion in upgrades that would improve
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — New toll roads. Election law changes. School safety. A possible rollback of health care regulations. Florida’s top legislative leaders and Gov. Ron
LANSING, Mich. — Four former legislative leaders said Thursday that Michigan’s per-gallon gasoline and diesel taxes should be increased by 47 cents over nine years