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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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Indiana Approves 10¢ Motor Carrier Surcharge Increase

Along with increasing its diesel tax by 10 cents, Indiana recently approved a 10-cent increase to a surcharge tax for trucks.

May 14, 2017
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Uber Adds Trucking Brokerage Firm Amid Longhaul Push

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber Technologies Inc. hired the team behind a Chicago transportation brokerage last fall as part of an effort to break into the longhaul trucking industry.

May 12, 2017
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Wisconsin Gov. Walker Rejects Budget Committee Leaders' Idea for Separate Transportation Bill

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald on May 11 rejected an idea put forward by the Republican leaders of the Legislature’s budget committee to take up transportation funding in a separate bill outside the normal budget process.

May 12, 2017
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Uncertainty Clouds NAFTA Changes for Mexico Factories

AUSTIN, Texas — Manufacturers in Mexico aren’t as concerned about President Donald Trump’s recent threats to dump or renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement as some recent public reports have suggested, according to executives speaking at a Transplace Symposium here.

May 11, 2017
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Natso Urges Congress to Extend Biodiesel Blenders’ Tax

Members of Congress should extend the biodiesel blenders’ tax credit when they take up legislation that would overhaul the country’s tax code, the association representing truck stops and travel plazas indicated recently.

May 9, 2017
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AFL-CIO's Tom Trotter on Trump's Infrastructure Plan

Tom Trotter, legislative affairs representative for the AFL-CIO, talks with TT's Eugene Mulero about the cost of inaction on infrastructure, a funding balance in Trump’s plan, and the role of P3s.

May 9, 2017
Government

Trump’s Public-Private Infrastructure Vision Rejected in Texas

President Donald Trump’s plan to invest $1 trillion in U.S. infrastructure with the help of public-private partnerships has hit a speed bump in Texas.

May 9, 2017
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Capitol Agenda for the Week of May 9: Mayors Fight for Infrastructure

The country's mayors want details on President Donald Trump's long-term infrastructure funding plan, and the AFL-CIO's Tom Trotter stops by to talk about that plan. See the video and check out the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

May 9, 2017
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Top House Transportation Democrat Warns Against Expansion of Tolling

President Donald Trump’s suggestion of privatizing infrastructure projects that could expand tolling nationwide would fail to gain broad public support, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), ranking member on the House transportation panel, told reporters May 7.

May 8, 2017
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Rand McNally Introduces Navigation Device With Voice Assistance, In-Cab Entertainment

Rand McNally has introduced a dashboard device that combines truck navigation with an onboard SiriusXM radio, voice assistance and a built-in dash camera.

May 8, 2017