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040326 DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
4+ hour, 16+ min ago (889+ words) Universities warn state funding delays are wasting millions in taxpayer investment DEFERRED MAINTENANCE Version 1 (no wrap) Long'delayed university repair funding is leaving campuses across the state with holes in their roofs, and in project budgets. Some say the delays in…...
Traditional transportation energy prices up 42.3% in 1 month
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (513+ words) (The Center Square) " Traditional transportation energy prices have skyrocketed to $3.90 a gallon for unleaded gasoline in North Carolina, highest in four years and up 7 cents overnight. Wednesday morning's update from AAA had a price 13 cents higher than a week earlier…...
Trade uncertainty with Canada, Iran war threaten freight volume at Port of Seattle
3+ week, 2+ day ago (455+ words) (The Center Square) " Port of Seattle Commission President Ryan Calkins said that he is concerned that a massive spike in the cost of maritime fuel could reduce freight shipments beyond declines that have occurred due the Trump administration's tariffs." "Marine…...
More than 550 CDL training schools shuttered
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (356+ words) (The Center Square) " More than 550 training schools for commercial driver's licenses have been closed, the U.S. Department of Transportation says. Following 1,400 sting operations by 300 investigators across all 50 states, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found many lacked qualified instructors, had fake…...
Transportation officials say a loophole closed on CDL drivers
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (373+ words) (The Center Square) " CDL drivers causing 17 fatal crashes and 30 deaths in 2025 are no longer eligible to get a nondomiciled commercial driver's license, according to a new rule issued by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Nondomiciled CDLs will be limited to H-2A, H-2B and…...
Quadruple fatal magnifies focus on CDL licensure
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (353+ words) (The Center Square) " Four people killed in Indiana by a big rig driver with CDL license from Pennsylvania has magnified the consequences of a program in jeopardy of losing $75 million in fiscal funding from the federal government. According to the…...
CDL licensure, release of information cited in lawsuit against New York
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (398+ words) (The Center Square) " Information about whether the New York Department of Motor Vehicles'is giving commercial drivers' licenses to noncitizens has led to a lawsuit filed by a Washington immigration group against the state. In a lawsuit filed Monday in state…...
Texas upstream employment rebounds in December after losses in November
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (639+ words) (The Center Square) " Texas oil and natural gas upstream employment rebounded in December after suffering losses in November, according to the latest employment data. Oil and natural gas extraction jobs increased by 500 over the month, bringing the total to 70,200 in…...
Potential of codified CDL executive order moves closer
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (425+ words) (The Center Square) " Congressional action potentially codifying an executive order from the president is another step toward safer roads in North Carolina, a state where Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration analysis is potentially withholding $50 million in federal funding by the…...
Trucking association says revelation on CDLs ups safety, professionalism
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (391+ words) (The Center Square) " North Carolina's rate of 54% for illegal issuance of nondomiciled commercial driver's licenses drew applause from a truckers' association and little else from state leaders. They have pledged safety and integrity. Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association President Todd Spencer…...