Ray LaHood News Updates

Business

LaHood to Depart DOT

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who earned praise for focusing on distracted driving and criticism from trucking for appearing to promote biking and high-speed rail over freight issues, announced last week he was stepping down.

February 4, 2013
Business

LaHood Sticking Around as Secretary for a While

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said last week he would be sticking around for a while in President Obamas Cabinet as the administrations top transportation official.

January 28, 2013
Business

Washington Rumors Grow Over LaHoods Future at DOT

A spate of pre-inaugural Cabinet announcements and a story in a Capitol Hill insider publication last week fed the Washington rumor mills speculation surrounding the future of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

January 14, 2013
Business

LaHood Not on List of White House Cabinet Holdovers

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is not among the group of Cabinet officials the White House said would remain on the job in President Obamas second term, The Hill newspaper reported.

January 10, 2013
Business

LaHood Wont Discuss Role in New Cabinet Until New Year

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wont discuss his plans with President Obama about staying in his position in the new administration until after the new year, the Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star reported.

December 10, 2012
Business

LaHood May Stay on if Obama Re-Elected

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood seems to be keeping the door open to a second Cabinet term after insisting last year he would not stay on if President Obama were re-elected.

October 16, 2012
Business, Government

LaHood Announces Additional Grants for Rural Roads Under TIGER Program

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced $30 million for the replacement or repair of rural roads as part of the agencys most recent TIGER grants.

July 2, 2012
Government, Business

LaHood to Leave DOT

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he will leave the Obama administration after leading the Department of Transportation for just over four years.

January 29, 2012
Business

LaHood Says He Will Step Down After 2012

WASHINGTON Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday he will step down from his position if President Obama is re-elected.

October 14, 2011
Business

LaHoods Praise of Bike Lanes Irks Trucking, Highway Users

A recent blog from U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has provoked truckers and other highway users to complain anew about an old issue highway trust fund money paying for things other than highways.

January 24, 2011