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The nation’s roads and bridges are still ailing, as Congress and the White House continue to fiddle while we await some concrete action on infrastructure funding.

Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies snack cakes and Wonder bread, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, less than three years after completing an earlier restructuring.

Economic activity expanded at a “modest to moderate pace” in late November and December as holiday retail sales showed “significant gains” from a year ago, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

Representatives of the bus travel industry told federal regulators Monday that hours-of-service rules for interstate bus drivers need not be changed, while drivers asked for more restrictions, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

Several key air and ground transportation issues are pressing before Congress, but lawmakers have only a few working days this month in which to address them.

A federal advisory committee studying electronic onboard recorders did not reach a consensus on the best way to transmit hours-of-service data from the truck cab to roadside inspectors, but did offer recommendations on items including safeguarding carrier and driver privacy.

An index of the U.S. economy’s service sector increased in December, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday.

Maryland’s Department of Transportation, working with the Maryland Motor Truck Association, said it has created a pilot program for truckers to use commuter park-and-ride lots to park when snowfalls exceed 6 inches.