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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.

GovernmentBusiness

Appeals Court OKs Contentious R.I. Truck Tolling Plan

The program, called RhodeWorks, has been mired in court battles since American Trucking Associations and two motor carriers in 2018 challenged the law’s constitutionality.

December 11, 2024
GovernmentBusiness

Consumer Prices Rise 0.3% in November

WASHINGTON — Fueled by pricier used cars, hotel rooms and auto insurance, inflation in the United States moved slightly higher last month while remaining far below its peak of two years ago.

December 11, 2024
GovernmentBusiness

Biden Signals Plan to Block US Steel-Nippon Deal

The president plans to formally block the $14.1 billion sale on national security grounds once the deal is referred back to him later this month, people familiar with the matter said.

December 10, 2024
GovernmentBusinessPrivateTop 100

Kroger’s $24.6 Billion Albertsons Deal Blocked by Judge

A judge blocked Kroger's $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos., finding the takeover would lessen competition for grocery shoppers in a ruling that marks a likely death knell for the deal.

December 10, 2024
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

Luxembourg-Based Faymonville Picks Arkansas for US Factory

The company specializes in oversized-load and special transport equipment, including semi-lowloaders, flatbed trailers, lowbed trailers and drawbar trailers.

December 10, 2024
GovernmentBusinessFuel

US Sees Small Global Oil Deficit in 2025

The U.S. reversed its forecast for a crude glut next year and is now calling for a small oil-market deficit.

December 10, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Arizona City Gifts Land for New Cross-Border Trucking Port

The existing port — which is 5 miles away and expanded 27 years ago from the original one built in 1933 — can no longer handle today’s traffic and commercial vehicle inspection demands.

December 10, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

China Benefits as Europe’s Big Battery Ambitions Are Failing

Europe’s bid to build a homegrown battery industry to break China’s dominance in electric vehicles is failing.

December 10, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Micron Gets $6.2 Billion Chips Award

The Biden administration has reached a final agreement to give Micron Corp. nearly $6.2 billion in subsidies from a program designed to boost American semiconductor manufacturing.

December 10, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuelTCA

Recycler to Be First US Supplier of Key EV Battery Component

Ascend Elements said it will start to market lithium carbonate, a key component in EV batteries, that it has been able to recycle and refine at its Covington, Ga., facility.

December 10, 2024