In The News

• Senate soundly defeats McCain's effort to strip earmarks from appropriations bill

  By The Associated Press
  Posted Mar 4th 2009 1:06AM

  WASHINGTON  — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to preserve thousands of earmarks in a $410 billion ...

• Vote expected to freeze Kentucky gas tax before drop

  By Joe Biesk - The Associated Press
  Posted Mar 4th 2009 12:57AM

  FRANKFORT, Ky. — A looming dip in the state’s gas tax likely won’t come to fruition. Lawmakers ...

• Obama hails beginning of new highway construction

  By The Associated Press
  Posted Mar 4th 2009 12:45AM

  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that $28 billion from his economic recovery program that is be...

• State highway safety group calls for paradigm shift in safety discussion

  By The Trucker News Services
  Posted Mar 4th 2009 12:45AM

  WASHINGTON — The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) today called on Congress to enhance and alter the ...

• Deteriorating economy cuts off rally in oil market

  By Dirk Lammers - The Associated Press
  Posted Mar 2nd 2009 6:02AM

  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices plummeted more than 9 percent Monday with little to suggest energy demand will r...