02 Dec Joe Biden Says He Won’t Immediately Lift China Tariffs President-elect Joe Biden says he won’t immediately lift tariffs placed by President Donald Trump on many imports from China or break Trump’s initial trade deal. Read more...
01 Dec TSA PreCheck Bill May Have Applications for Trucking, ATA Says A U.S. Senate bill meant to facilitate online and mobile access for Transportation Security Administration background checks has been endorsed by American Trucking Associations. Read more...
01 Dec DTNA, Portland Utility to Develop Fueling Site for Electric Trucks Daimler Trucks North America and utility company Portland General Electric announced the co-development of a public charging site for medium- and heavy-duty electric commercial vehicles that is expected to be the first of its kind in the United States. Read more...
01 Dec DOT Makes Preparations Ahead of COVID-19 Vaccine Transport USDOT announced Dec. 1 that it has taken regulatory measures to facilitate the safe and rapid transport of the much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine. Read more...
01 Dec US Factory Gauge Eases From Two-Year High as Employment Cools U.S. manufacturing expanded at a slower pace in November, easing back from the strongest reading in two years as orders, employment and production cooled. Read more...
01 Dec Bipartisan Senate Group Pitching $908 Billion Stimulus Plan A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House and Senate unveiled a $908 billion stimulus proposal Dec. 1 in an effort to break a monthslong impasse that is threatening to tip the economy back into contraction. Read more...
01 Dec House Democrats Press Trump Administration on Workforce Executive Order President Donald Trump has created a new federal employment category that makes permanent jobs that were initially political appointments, formalizing a practice that presidential administrations have employed for years. However, congressional Democrats are expressing concern over the move. Read more...
01 Dec Joe Biden Weighs Rahm Emanuel for Transportation Secretary President-elect Joe Biden is considering former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a substantial and somewhat divisive figure in Democratic Party politics, to serve as his transportation secretary. Read more...
01 Dec Chicago Mayor’s Budget Plan, Including Fuel Tax Hike, Is Approved The Chicago City Council has voted to approve Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2021 budget proposal, which includes a fuel tax increase. Read more...
01 Dec Nikola CEO Mark Russell Forges New Path Since taking the wheel at Nikola Corp. in September, Mark Russell has been adamant the electric-truck startup doesn’t need a deal with General Motors Co. to survive. Now he has to prove it. Read more...