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Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.

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Montana Rodeo Cowboys Worried They’ll Need Commercial Driver Licenses Under New Regulations

Montana cowboys are asking Congress to tap the brakes on federal horse trailer regulations they say could all but shut down participation in rodeos.

February 15, 2018
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Pilot Flying J's Ex-President Mark Hazelwood Found Guilty of Conspiracy in Fraud Trial

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A jury on Feb. 15 found former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood and account representative Heather Jones guilty of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Former employees Scott Wombold and Karen Mann were found not guilty of conspiracy.

February 15, 2018
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North Carolina Trucker Hopes the Road Leads to Washington in Bid for Congressional Seat

Longhaul truck driver Gerald Wong wants to reroute the nation’s health care policies, accelerate the minimum wage and slam the brakes on abusive police practices.

February 15, 2018
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House Committee Approves Guiding Principles for Infrastructure Bill

Legislation that would address growing funding demands for infrastructure projects should reduce regulations, and connect agencies with private investors, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee indicated in a pronouncement members easily adopted Feb. 14.

February 15, 2018
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TxDOT Gathers Public Opinion on I-10 East Improvements

The Texas Department of Transportation is holding a series of public meetings to hear ideas for improving a 30-mile stretch of Interstate 10 East.

February 15, 2018
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Crowley Sees $2.3 Billion Military Contract as Test of Logistics Capabilities

More than a year after winning a contract to handle freight shipments for the U.S. Transportation Command, Crowley Logistics has executed the first cargo move under a $2.3 billion multiyear Defense Freight Transportation Services contract.

February 15, 2018
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J.J. Keller Working on ELD Fix; FMCSA Offers Short-Term Waiver

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is allowing carriers that have deployed electronic logging devices from J.J. Keller & Associates to temporarily revert to paper driver logs until Feb. 28 as the technology supplier works to resolve technical issues with its ELDs.

February 15, 2018
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Lawmakers Say Trump Supports 25-Cent Fuel Tax Increase to Fund Infrastructure

President Donald Trump told lawmakers he would support a 25-cent-per-gallon increase in federal gasoline and diesel taxes to help pay for upgrading American roads, bridges and other public works, Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware said Feb. 14.

February 14, 2018
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Philadelphia Airport, in Effort to Bolster Shipping, Buys More Land

A massive, mostly vacant land parcel beside Philadelphia International Airport could become a bustling shipping hub for everything from medicine to car parts under a plan to develop the site into a new air-freight complex serving a swath of the northeastern United States.

February 14, 2018
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Trucking Market Strongest Since Deregulation, ATA Economist Bob Costello Says

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The freight market is as strong as it has been since deregulation in the 1980s, according to American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello.

February 14, 2018