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ITS Reports Attendance UpMeridian to Acquire MegaSys • Okla. Highway Bond Program May Increase • TransForce Acquires Retex Transport • Ark. A.G. Says Truckers Must Pay Back Sales Tax • And more...

A report by the U.S. Department of Labor Friday showed that consumer prices were 0.1% higher during June than in May, a sign that inflation remains in check.

Bill Would Protect Trucking Cos. From Engine Fines • CF, Siemens Sign Two-Year Deal • Pa. to Inspect Trucks Beginning Sunday • U.S. Offers Additional Steel Tariff Exemptions • And more...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Motor carriers that hold onto tractors longer to avoid the post-October reduced-emission engines will not significantly increase maintenance routines or spending, maintenance experts predicted.

Early next year, the Bush administration and Congress will trade proposals for the next multiyear, multibillion-dollar highway spending bill. But transportation lobbyists and federal officials already are staking out classic positions on how to pump more money into the Highway Trust Fund and who should get how much out of the spigot.

American Trucking Associations has asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to modify consent decrees the court approved in 1999 which bound the diesel-engine industry to produce cleaner-burning truck engines by Oct. 1.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union said it submitted a proposal allowing West Coast port operators the use of productivity-enhancing technology in exchange for expanded union job coverage, including all new information technology jobs.

Even though a top Department of Transportation spokesman said a decision to open the United States southern border was imminent, a key provision on audits of Mexican fleets remains to be worked out between the U.S. and Mexican governments.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday its general economic index declined to 6.6 in July from a four-year high of 22.2 the month before. July marked the slowest expansion this year for manufacturing in this area.