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WASHINGTON — Wages and salaries jumped in the three months ending in September by the most on records that date back 20 years as companies are forced to offer higher pay to fill a near-record number of available jobs.

WASHINGTON — Congress approved an extension to Dec. 3 of the Oct. 31 deadline for transportation funds that were at risk of expiring, an action necessary after the House of Representatives failed to vote Oct. 28 on the $1 trillion infrastructure bill already approved by the Senate.

President Joe Biden’s point-person for clearing the supply chain bottleneck in southern California hailed a new agreement that will fast-track multiple logistics projects in the Golden State.

ExxonMobil’s chief executive said Oct. 28 that his company “does not spread disinformation regarding climate change,” as he and other oil company chiefs countered congressional allegations the industry concealed evidence about the dangers of global warming.

A California trucking school executive has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for his role in a fraud scheme to siphon off more than $4 million in veterans GI Bill funding to pay students who never attended classes.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is pressuring House Democrats to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill as soon as today but is running into stiff opposition from progressives, who want to see the legislative text of a larger tax and spending package first.

U.S. economic growth slowed more than expected in the third quarter to the softest pace of the pandemic recovery period as snarled supply chains and a surge in COVID-19 cases throttled spending and investment.

President Joe Biden headed to Capitol Hill early Oct. 28 to make the case to House Democrats for a dramatically scaled-back domestic policy package, $1.75 trillion of social services and climate change programs the White House believes can pass the 50-50 Senate.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sustainability in the trucking industry can be viewed from different angles, according to a panel at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition on Oct. 25.

In an effort to avert a large shortfall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, trucks and cars traveling the Maine Turnpike will pay a little bit more in tolls.