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The U.S. government’s use of tariffs to address what are viewed as unfair trade practices and the overseas drug trade has been a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s second administration.

“EPA will consolidate staff currently in the Ronald Reagan Building into the agency’s remaining headquarters facilities in Federal Triangle,” an EPA spokesperson said April 8.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a transportation bill allocating a two-year, $11 billion budget, including funds championed by the state trucking association, for new truck parking spaces.

The Patton Logistics Group announced a $10 million expansion in Virginia, which will add a 100,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility to the company’s footprint in the state.

Tennessee announced April 3 the availability of $19.4 million in grants to public, nonprofit and private fleets to replace eligible medium- and heavy-duty vehicles with greener vehicles.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has enacted a law backed by the state trucking association to strengthen the trucking industry’s independent contractor model in the state.

Three bridge construction projects in New York worth $47.4 million were recently announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul, with each meant to address aging infrastructure on transportation routes.

USDA will release nearly $260 million in new funds among a pot of $537 million in biofuel grants for 543 ethanol and biodiesel projects in 29 states.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a $220.9 million federal grant to Rhode Island to replace the Washington Bridge in Providence has been formalized.

Efforts to get more truck drivers on the road are taking place in several states with new community commercial driver license training programs and expanded third-party testing locations.