The Port of Portland Commission unanimously selected Curtis Robinhold to succeed his boss as the port's executive director.
May 25, 2017Government
Democrats Push Back on Trump Infrastructure Plan
While Republicans have pledged to continue to draft their version of an infrastructure plan in the Senate, Democrats have emphasized that a plan backed primarily by private capital would not win their support.
May 25, 2017Government
Canada Prepared for Talks to Rework NAFTA, Trade Minister Says
Canada is prepared for the start of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and is confident it will get a successful outcome, according to Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne.
May 25, 2017Government
Trump Budget Requests $658 Million for FMCSA in Fiscal 2018
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would receive $657.8 million in fiscal 2018 under a budget request the Trump White House delivered to Congress for lawmakers’ consideration.
May 24, 2017Government
Democrats Rip Trump's Infrastructure Plan as ‘Sleight of Hand’
President Donald Trump’s $1 trillion plan for improving the nation’s infrastructure isn’t enjoying the immediate bipartisan support he may have hoped for.
May 24, 2017Government
ATA Applauds Senators’ Call for Hair-Test Drug Screening
The top executive at American Trucking Associations praised the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and his colleagues for calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to expedite standards for hair-test drug screening.
May 24, 2017Government
CARB Plans Stricter Test for Heavy Truck Smoke Opacity Levels
California environmental regulators are in the final stages of developing new opacity standards that also would require truckers to transmit their smoke test results annually to the state.
May 23, 2017GovernmentBusiness
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Calls for Minimizing Tolling Restrictions
States would be allowed to determine whether tolling is an ideal funding option for road projects, under an infrastructure blueprint included in the Trump administration’s fiscal 2018 budget request to Congress.
May 23, 2017BusinessTechnologyGovernment
Capitol Agenda for the Week of May 23: A Vow From Rep. Graves
The Trump administration is unveiling its fiscal 2018 budget request right before we all hit the road for Memorial Day and get stuck in that bumper-to-bumper traffic. But relief is in sight if Rep. Sam Graves has anything to say about it. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.
May 23, 2017Government
Trump Seeks $3.6 Trillion in Cuts to Reshape US Government
President Donald Trump would dramatically reduce the U.S. government’s role in society with $3.6 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years in a budget plan that shrinks the safety net for the poor, recent college graduates and farmers.
May 23, 2017