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Two U.S. senators, with the support of some of the nation’s largest trucking fleets, introduced legislation last week that would require all trucks to use electronic onboard recorders to monitor their drivers’ hours of service.

U.S. manufacturing activity declined in September but continued to show expansion, the Institute for Supply Management said Friday.

A panel has denied the United States Postal Service’s request to increase the cost of first-class postage, the Associated Press reported.

Consumer confidence declined in September, according to the latest Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 18.8% in July from a year earlier, the Department of Transportation said.

The U.S. gross domestic product rose at a revised 1.7% annual rate in the second quarter, up slightly from the previously estimated 1.6%, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Five major trucking companies said Wednesday they have endorsed legislation by two U.S. senators that would require electronic onboard recorders in all trucks to verify drivers’ duty status.

New York will begin closing six of its state highway rest stops beginning Nov. 1 in an effort to deal with severe budget problems.