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New Orleans attorney Danny Patrick Keating Jr., charged last year for his participation in 31 illegal staged accidents, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called on senators to fund big-ticket transportation programs as congressional leaders continue to craft comprehensive infrastructure policy measures and prepare to consider a multiyear highway bill.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Peter DeFazio, chairman of the U.S. House transportation committee and author of a comprehensive five-year, $547 billion highway bill, is very aware that being stuck in traffic is bad for business.

Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance rose slightly for the first time since late April, likely a temporary blip for a labor market that’s otherwise improving as the economy reopens.

Data on the drastic changes in commuting patterns that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic likely will present useful insight on impacts to freight movement, according to a Federal Highway Administration expert.

Legislation that would dedicate $78 billion over five years for freight, trucking and rail safety programs was advanced by the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee June 16.

Prospects for a bipartisan deal on the biggest infrastructure package in decades improved on June 16 as 21 senators, including 11 Republicans, signed onto a bipartisan framework for a $579 billion package.

The moving industry is facing mammoth labor and truck driver shortages during the peak military moving season and an explosion of moving demands in the commercial market, possibly delaying unscheduled summer moves until August or September, according to American Trucking Associations' Moving and Storage Conference.

Congestion and delays in the supply chain continue to be a major headache for the nation’s retailers and now the National Retail Federation has asked President Joe Biden for a face-to-face meeting to discuss what can be done to improve the long delays.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat whose vote is key to any infrastructure deal in the narrowly divided Senate, expressed “grave concerns” June 15 about the Biden administration’s drive to boost adoption of electric vehicles.