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News
Trucking, labor optimistic ahead of White House infrastructure meeting
Getting Trump to support raising the gas tax would be a major step toward passing an infrastructure bill.
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Economics
Can railroads win at the Green New Deal game?
Railroads - like trucking - will be focusing on solving the Highway Trust Fund problem this year. But could a…
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Fuel
House T&I’s DeFazio: Raising the gas tax more likely in new Congress
Lots of ideas for federal funding of infrastructure at Capitol Hill hearing, but the “pay-for” question still looms.
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Fuel
Highway Trust Fund deficits continue to pile up
The Congressional Budget Office reveals latest stats on the diminishing Highway Trust Fund as Congress plans to consider new ways…
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Equipment
User fee plan enters 2019 highway funding debate
The biggest hurdle to making an infrastructure plan work is figuring out how to pay for it. A Washington D.C.…
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Legal issues
New Capitol Hill leadership ready to push freight infrastructure agenda
Freight lobbyists are banking on leadership changes in the 116th Congress to pave the way for infrastructure financing that stalled…
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Economics
Trump’s leaked infrastructure plan seeks to commercialize rest stop and travel industry
The “leaked” plan calls for liberalizing tolling policy and allowing states to commercialize interstate rest areas, among other things, as…
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Economics
Week in Trucking: U.S., China strike trade deal
This Week in Trucking, the U.S. and China have announced a trade deal centering on natural gas, financial services and…
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