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WASHINGTON — Scaling down his Build Back Better plans, President Joe Biden on Oct. 19 described a more limited vision to Democratic lawmakers of a $2 trillion government-overhaul package with at least $500 billion to tackle climate change and money for middle-class priorities — child tax credits, paid family leave, health care and free pre-kindergarten.

SILVER SPRING, Md. — ���ϳԹ��� construction fell 1.6% in September as builders continue to be tripped up by supply chain bottlenecks.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are gearing up to operate 24/7 to clear the massive backlog of 20-foot-equivalent (TEU) containers as they pile up at the two Southern California ports and others on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Oct. 18 unveiled a six-year timeline for the $1.2 billion reconstruction of Interstate Highway 80 through Will County, including work on aging bridges over the Des Plaines River considered so decrepit that unions put up billboards with warnings such as “Cross bridge at your own risk” two years ago.

The shortfall in U.K. truck drivers that’s causing widespread shortages of goods is caused mainly by British workers leaving the industry rather than foreigners unable to join.

The national average price of diesel continued to surge, spiking 8.5 cents to $3.671 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released Oct. 18.

Congress is back at it this week to keep negotiating pieces of infrastructure legislation. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Legislation designed to enhance the safety of offshore pipelines recently was approved by a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives.