Florida legislators may push for new toll roads, election changes
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — New toll roads. Election law changes. School safety. A possible rollback of health care regulations. Florida’s top legislative leaders and Gov. Ron
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Ex-Michigan legislative leaders: Hike fuel taxes 47 cents for roads
LANSING, Mich. — Four former legislative leaders said Thursday that Michigan’s per-gallon gasoline and diesel taxes should be increased by 47 cents over nine years
Arkansas bill would tap revenue, raise tax for highways
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas lawmaker on Monday proposed tapping into tax revenue from car sales and imposing a new tax on motor fuels
Missouri lawmakers look to limit cellphones behind the wheel
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri lawmakers have introduced at least six separate proposals since last month to restrict the use of cellphones while driving. Missouri
Michigan to install new warning system to reduce wrong-way crashes
DETROIT — The Michigan Department of Transportation plans to install a new warning system on highway ramps with the goal of reducing deadly wrong-way crashes
Big rigs being detoured around damaged bridge on U.S. 49 south of Jackson, Mississippi
RICHLAND, Miss. — Commercial traffic is being routed to a detour off of a busy section of highway in central Mississippi. The Mississippi Department of
Rural drivers applaud Minnesota speed limit hike, safety experts worry
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota is pushing the speed limit to 60 mph on most two-lane state highways. The Star Tribune reports that state traffic officials say
Bill requiring hands-free phones for Minnesota drivers passes first test
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A bill to require motorists to use hands-free devices when talking on the phone while driving passed its first committee stop
Interstate 59/20 through Birmingham closing for more than 1 year
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Traffic through Alabama’s largest city won’t be normal for months as the state’s busiest road closes for a construction project beginning Monday.
Connecticut toll opponents to make stance known
HARTFORD, Conn.  — Opponents to highway tolls in Connecticut plan to make it known they oppose new legislation that would authorize electronic tolling. Pat Sasser,
Speeding tractor-trailer flattens Utah restaurant, 3 injured
WELLINGTON, Utah — A speeding tractor-trailer skidded off a snow-slicked road Wednesday and crashed into a restaurant in a small Utah town, flattening the establishment
Chocolate spill creates sweet hot mess on Arizona highway
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Authorities in northern Arizona had a sweet hot mess on their hands after a tank trucker’s trailer detached from the truck and
Storm punishes swath of U.S. with snow, ice and freezing rain
If you’re heading your big rig toward Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and the Washington, D.C. area, you might want to take note. A winter storm
California governor threatens withholding of transportation funds in favor of housing
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and JANIE HAR SACRAMENTO, Calif  — California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $1.75 billion plan for housing Thursday and threatened to withhold
Alabama lawmakers weigh possible gas tax measure in March session
By KIM CHANDLER MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers could debate a possible gasoline tax increase to fund road and bridge construction when they return to
New traffic tolls among issues N.Y. lawmakers will address in 2019
ALBANY, N.Y. — Legalized marijuana, sports betting and new traffic tolls in Manhattan are just some of the measures Democrats believe they can push through
Paccar brings battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell trucks to Vegas electronics show
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Three zero-emission vehicles in the form of a battery-electric Peterbilt Model 579EV; a battery-electric Peterbilt Model 220EV; and a hydrogen fuel cell
Virginia governor, lawmakers back tolls for I-81 upgrades
RICHMOND, Va. — Tolls could soon be coming to Interstate 81 in Virginia. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam and Republican lawmakers said at a Capitol news
Truck driver in Canada crash that killed 16 pleads guilty
MELFORT, Saskatchewan  — The driver whose transport truck crashed into a hockey team bus in Canada, killing 16 people, pleaded guilty Tuesday to all charges
US hiring slowed to 155K jobs, trucking gains on seasonally adjusted data
WASHINGTON  — U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in November, a slowdown from recent months but enough to suggest that the economy is expanding at a