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Trucking and intermodal leaders are pressing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to change two key safety reporting steps before the agency’s delayed chassis safety rule finally takes effect on June 30.

DULLES, Va. — For Dennis Halsey, it was a return trip nearly a decade in the making.

The record-breaking blizzard last week, the second massive storm in a week to hit the mid-Atlantic region, caused Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania to close highways for at least part of Feb. 10, and forced trucks to park and delivery schedules to absorb delays.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Paccar Inc. officials last week officially unveiled the company’s first-ever heavy-duty diesel engine in North America, an advanced version of the power plant its European-based subsidiary has been producing for several years.

The Senate began debate last week on a proposal that would inject nearly $20 billion into the ailing Highway Trust Fund and extend the current highway spending law as part of a new jobs bill.

The U.S. trade deficit widened in December, increasing 10.4% from November, the Commerce Department.

Rush Enterprises’ fourth-quarter net income fell 70% to $1.5 million, or 4 cents a share, from $5.1 million, or 14 cents, a year earlier.

The U.S. and Mexico need to resolve a dispute over allowing Mexican trucks access to U.S. roads, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said in Mexico City, Bloomberg reported.

Initial jobless claims fell by 43,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.