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The time period for commenting on the proposed rule for the national clearinghouse for driver drug and alcohol test results has been extended through May 21.

An index of U.S. leading indicators increased in March by the most in four months, a sign the economic expansion will strengthen following harsh winter weather.

California regulators are considering relaxing strict rules for smaller trucking fleets to clean up older diesel-powered trucks that are among the state’s worst remaining sources of air pollution, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The federal Highway Trust Fund will have “insufficient revenues to meet obligations” beginning in fiscal 2015, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest estimate of the president’s budget proposal.

A Wyoming trucking company is facing fines of nearly $1 million for allegations of dumping oil drilling waste on a country road in North Dakota, state mining officials said.

The current financial responsibility minimum of $750,000 for motor carriers is inadequate to meet the costs of some crashes, according to a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration report released April 18.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will appeal an April 16 decision by an Illinois administrative law judge that allowed a trucking company involved in a January crash that killed a tollway worker and seriously injured a state trooper to resume operations, an FMCSA spokesman said.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is seeking comment on two separate American Trucking Associations’ federal preemption petitions claiming that regulatory requirements for hazardous materials hauling in Pittsburgh and New York City impose unfair burdens on hazmat carriers.

Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation recently toured three commercial truck dealerships to learn more about the industry and the cost of regulatory actions on dealers, American Truck Dealers said.