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Specialty truck maker Oshkosh Truck Corp. said Wednesday it will spend $5 million to expand its manufacturing and new product facilities near its Oshkosh, Wis., headquarters.

The Bush administration may push for more pro-business regulations including more flexible pollution standards, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Drayage container carrier Bridge Terminal Transport Inc. said it was opening a new facility in at the port of Wilmington, N.C., and will be hiring independent drivers.

Investors are pouring millions of dollars into development of new ethanol plants in the Midwest, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves sent a letter to House members seeking support of an amendment to the federal highway bill that would only allow new tolls on new interstate highway capacity.

The House of Representatives Wednesday voted down an amendment to the federal highway bill that would have limited the tolling of the interstate highway system to new capacity only, in favor of the bill’s existing language which allows such projects on a limited basis.

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The economy continued to expand in January and February, with most of the 12 Federal Reserve districts reporting increases in economic acivity including freight services, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

House members began debate on provisions of a six-year highway reauthorization bill Wednesday, including consideration of efforts to amend federal hours-of-service rules for truck drivers.