ARLINGTON, Va. — State transportation officials said the sudden shutdown of the federal highway program is putting them at risk of abandoning projects and cutting safety programs unless Congress reaches a deal to extend the now-lapsed reauthorization.
March 2, 2010BusinessSafetyGovernment
ISM Services Index Improves
The U.S. economy’s service sector improved in February, the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday.
March 3, 2010BusinessSafetyGovernment
ISM Manufacturing Index Expands for Seventh Month
U.S. manufacturing activity expanded for a seventh straight month in February, the Institute for Supply Management said.
March 3, 2010GovernmentBusiness
Construction Spending Drops 0.6%
Construction spending fell 0.6% in January, the Commerce Department reported.
March 2, 2010GovernmentBusinessFuelEquipmentAutonomous
Diesel Emissions-Reduction Funds Available in SoCal
California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District is offering incentive funding of up to $50,000 for the purchase of a diesel truck or up to $100,000 for the purchase of a natural gas truck, in return for scrapping an older Class 8 diesel truck, the agency said.
March 2, 2010BusinessGovernment
J.B. Hunt Names Doug Duncan to Board
J.B. Hunt Transport Services said it has elected Doug Duncan, former president of FedEx Freight, to its board of directors.
March 2, 2010GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Senate Expected to Pass Biodiesel Tax Credit Bill
Senate Democrats expect to pass an unemployment benefits bill soon that includes a provision retroactively reinstating a biodiesel tax credit through the end of the year, according to a spokeswoman for Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
March 2, 2010GovernmentBusinessAutonomous
Pa. Gov. Wants Sales Tax on Trucking, Warehousing
Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell (D) has proposed that the state extend the sales tax to services including trucking and warehousing, a move industry leaders said imperils a business sector the state actively recruited and developed.
March 2, 2010BusinessSafetyGovernment
Senate May Not Approve DOT Funds Until Next Week
With about 2,000 federal workers on continued furlough at key Department of Transportation agencies, the Senate may not pass a bill reinstating funding for them until next week, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
March 2, 2010BusinessSafetyGovernment
DOT Furloughs Under Way as Funding Flap Continues
The Department of Transportation is furloughing nearly 2,000 employees without pay starting Monday and is temporarily shutting down highway reimbursements to states worth hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of a Senate impasse over federal transportation funding.
March 1, 2010