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Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma’s attorney general, was confirmed by the Senate on Feb. 17 to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

While U.S. President Donald Trump has forced the idea of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement,  some experts agree that an upgrade is welcome for the pact that took effect in 1994 — the year pop idol Justin Bieber was born and the movie “Forrest Gump” was released.

Oregon’s budget deficit is approaching $2 billion at the same time that its Department of Transportation says it needs another $545 million a year just to maintain the state’s roads and bridges.

It’s one point of agreement in a politically polarized government: U.S. highways, bridges and airports are in need of repair and rehabilitation.

WASHINGTON — A disruption of trade agreements with Mexico has the potential of hindering the country’s flow of products with its southern neighbor, freight executives told a Senate panel Feb. 15.

President Donald Trump on Feb. 16 named Florida International University law school dean R. Alexander Acosta as his nominee to head the U.S. Department of Labor.

A coalition of at least 16 House Democrats, led by Oregon’s Peter DeFazio, said Feb. 16 it will file a “Blueprint for America’s New Trade Policy,” urging President Trump to fulfill his campaign promises and negotiate a thorough overhaul of the North American Free Trade Agreement or withdraw from the 1994 agreement.

Busy storefronts and an inflation pickup show the world’s largest economy is starting 2017 much the same way it ended 2016: driven by the consumer.

WASHINGTON — The country's freight transportation network must be modernized and expanded to handle the projected increase in freight volume, Schneider International Inc.'s top executive told a Senate panel Feb. 15.

Since Scott Moscrip founded Internet Truckstop in his basement 22 years ago, the company that became Truckstop.com has grown quietly. Its lack of heraldry is partially deliberate, CEO Paris Cole says, but toiling in little New Plymouth, Idaho, a town of 1,513, doesn’t draw much attention, either.