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Early returns in Missouri indicate that voters have rejected a proposal that would have raised the state’s motor fuel taxes by 4 cents, the Springfield News-Leader reported Wednesday.

91ÊÓƵland Security Dept. Develops Wireless Network • Loy Applauds Logan's Security Improvements • Government Lacks Evacuation Plans, Post Says • DOT, TSA Award Tech Contract to Unisys • And more...

91ÊÓƵland Security Director Tom Ridge said last week he believed President Bush would sign legislation by year’s end creating a new 91ÊÓƵland Security Department, after the Senate halted action on the bill until September.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said nearly 26,000 truck drivers could be disqualified every year under the agency’s new commercial driver license rules.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Last week brought sobering news about the economy's momentum, as well as new confirmation that the past year's economic growth was weaker than first reported.

Can't Declare Recession Over, NBER Group Says • TransForce Acquires Mirald Transport • Oil Price Pushes U.S. Import Prices Up 0.3% in July • Weakening Recovery May Push Fed to Cut Rates • Unexpected Supply Rise Pushes Crude Oil Price Down • And more...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.On page 14 of the July 22 issue ("International Expects to Build 1,200 Fewer Trucks"), Carl Volz of Caterpillar is quoted as saying " . . . we told all of them [truck manufacturers] that as a result of the tremendous pre-buy going on that engines would have to be allocated."

Court Rejects S.C. Bid to Keep Plutonium Out • Administration Considers Options in Case of Port Strike • UPS Resumes Talks With Aircraft Mechanics • Expeditors International of Washington Posts 2Q Profit Rise • And more...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Please do not let Mexican trucks across the border. How many more breakdowns will we see in this country along the roads? Will the drivers understand English so that if they hear something that they can respond?

The national average price of diesel fuel rose 0.1 cent per gallon last week to $1.304, the U.S. Department of Energy reported Monday.