12 Sep Biggest Battery System Inches N.Y. Toward 100% Green Energy Goal The biggest battery system in New York is now storing electricity at a technology campus north of Albany to help stabilize the state’s power grid and reduce carbon emissions. Read more...
12 Sep Senate Leader McConnell Implores Swift Action on Federal Funding Process Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged the chamber’s funding leaders to proceed quickly with measures that would guarantee funding for federal agencies through the next fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. Read more...
12 Sep RLS Logistics Opens Cold-Storage Facility in New Jersey RLS Logistics opened its new food-grade ambient storage facility in Vineland, N.J., according to a Sept. 12 news release. Read more...
12 Sep California Passes Bill That May Affect Independent Contractor Status for Truckers California lawmakers have passed a bill that codifies into law a 2018 state Supreme Court decision that makes it easier for independent contractors to become reclassified as employees of motor carriers. Read more...
12 Sep Applications Filed for Major Cargo Projects at Anchorage Airport Nearly $600 million worth of cargo warehouse and transfer facility developments are proposed at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Read more...
12 Sep New York Completes $1.8 Million Bridge Strike Prevention Project New York officials have completed a project meant to reduce bridge strikes on the King Street Bridge in Westchester County. Read more...
12 Sep Michigan Gets $7.5 Million to Test Self-Driving Cars WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding a $7.5 million grant to the City of Detroit, the State of Michigan, the University of Michigan and the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti to boost research, development and testing of self-driving cars. Read more...
12 Sep NHTSA Opens Probe Into Nissan Rogue Automatic Emergency Braking DETROIT — The U.S. government’s road safety agency is investigating complaints that the automatic emergency braking on the Nissan Rogue can turn on for no apparent reason. Read more...
12 Sep European Central Bank Deploys New Stimulus to Help Economy FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank delivered a new blast of monetary stimulus Sept. 12 to help the shaky economy in the face of uncertainties such as the U.S.-China trade conflict and Brexit. Read more...
12 Sep Monthly CPI Up 0.3% and 2.4% Over Last Year The August core consumer price index, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.3% from the prior month and was up 2.4% from a year earlier, a Labor Department report showed Sept. 12. Read more...