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Kansas Gov. Bill Graves’s plan to raise his state’s motor fuels taxes and truck fees is drawing opposition from the Kansas Motor Carriers Association.

Mild Winter, Low Demand May Foil OPEC • Stonier Launches Intermodal Growth Plan • FedEx Signs Deal with Mexican Carrier • Russia Ponders Continued Oil Output Cuts • And more...

WASHINGTON — Reducing highway fatalities, alleviating congestion and increasing security have emerged as top funding priorities in the next multiyear highway bill, according to the head of a key Senate authorizing committee.

More Senate Staffers Complain of Illness From Irradiated Mail • Man Arrested After Trying to Break Into Cockpit • DOT Won't Contract With Argenbright Security • Bush Reinforces $20 Billion Pledge for NYC • And more...

WASHINGTON — All truck drivers doing business at West Coast ports will be required to display their commercial driver licenses to get onto port property, according to interim security guidelines soon to be announced by the U.S. Coast Guard.

As the Labor Department reported a 15,000 drop in the number of first-time unemployment benefit filings Thursday, a debate erupted over whether the Federal Reserve should follow up 11 cuts in short-term interest rates with an increase.

The attack of Sept. 11 created a new reality in America. The awareness of terrorism has spread from the living room to the boardroom. Business is suddenly acutely aware of terrorism as a major threat to profitability.

Daimler Reports $589 Million Loss in 2001 • Bush Declares Disasters in Storm Path • Ryder Reports Earnings Decline • Pacer Unit Signs Deal With Parry Trucking • And more...

ATLANTA - Soaring insurance costs may prove to be the main source of price pressure when new less-than-truckload freight rates are released in August or September, according to an analyst with a prominent industry rate bureau.

Florida officials say they hope to purchase two mobile scanning systems this year to inspect the contents of trucks coming across the state’s northern border.