Business leaders and government officials from Waco, Texas, and surrounding communities met with Congressional members earlier this month to discuss issues affecting the aerospace and aviation industr...
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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, recently sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, urging the Trump Administration to address the problems with long...
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The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday to discuss its top priority: reforming the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The hearing, Th...
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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has developed a fatigue-management survey that will be used to develop best practices regarding fatigue and crew duty issues in business aviation. ...
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently conducted tests of side-underride guards on semitrailers to determine if they can prevent a passenger vehicle from sliding beneath the side o...
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Texas Senate Bill 1588, intended to dismantle the state’s vehicle inspection program, recently advanced the State Senate by a vote of 27 to 4. The companion bill, HB 3995, received a favorable re...
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Portland Cement Association (PCA) has joined the 10 other members of the North American Concrete Alliance (NACA) in encouraging the U.S. Congress to pass infrastructure funding and reforms. NACA le...
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A Louisiana House bill, HB 597, proposes the elimination of the state’s vehicle inspection program, instead, requiring auto owners to pay a $5.25 annual fee to the Office of Motor Vehicles, $4 of wh...
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Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) recently introduced the American Renewable Fuel and Job Creation Act, which would extend the $1-per-gallon tax credit to biodiesel through the end of 2020. The bill, cospo...
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The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) praised U.S. Congress for passing Fiscal Year 2017 Omnibus, which continues funding for general aviation manufacturers. “We appreciate the st...
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A bill proposed by U.S. Reps. Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) would ensure the nation’s more than 44,000 Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) would have basic federal workplace pr...
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The Automotive Service Association (ASA) recently opposed two Texas Congressional bills that would eliminate the state’s vehicle inspection program. The first bill, Senate Bill 1588, was introdu...
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U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, has announced his support for the President’s co...
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that keeps decision-making authority at the local level for Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and repeals regulations. The repeal of t...
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Following the recent House introduction of legislation aimed at protecting American airline jobs and combating anti-U.S. worker schemes, the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) announced its s...
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The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) - Southeast District recently selected CH2M to provide an environmental assessment ahead of a potential bridge upgrade along the Route 51 Mississippi ...
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In response to recent editorials by the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal calling for privatization of the nation’s air traffic control (ATC) systems, U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and R...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday accepted the city of St. Louis’ preliminary application to participate in the agency’s Airport Privatization Pilot Program, which allows airport...
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A safety framework based on global standards, cooperation and communication, and effective data usage needs to be fostered by aviation safety stakeholders to maintain safe skies, according to the Inte...
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U.S. Reps. Sam Graves (R-MO), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and Collin Peterson (D-MN) recently introduced the House companion to the Fairness for Pilots Act, which gives pilots additional p...
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