The Docket

8/15/2010 Oil speculators face possible curbs WASHINGTON - Buried deep in the massive financial regulatory overhaul bill signed into law last month by President Obama are provisions designed to stop speculators from manipulating oil markets. Ultimately,...

8/15/2010 Study: States still in money trouble ALBANY, N.Y. - A new survey by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government finds that most states are still in financial hot water. The survey showed that aggregate state revenue increased...

8/15/2010 House members take aim at 1099 reporting law WASHINGTON - Efforts have begun in Congress to kill a provision of the new federal healthcare bill that critics say could bury small businesses, including motorcoach operators, under a mountain of paperwork....

8/15/2010 House blocks $200 million for 'livability' WASHINGTON - The U.S. House has adopted an amendment that keeps $200 million in highway money from being doled out for the USDOT's "livability" grants. The amendment, offered by Rep. Peter DeFazio,...

8/1/2010 Study casts doubt on safety measurements ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Early findings from an independent review of the far-reaching bus and truck safety monitoring system being implemented by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are raising...

8/1/2010 Feds push states to report faster WASHINGTON -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published new guidelines requiring states to speed up reporting traffic convictions for CDL holders and for keeping CDL information secure....

8/1/2010 Alabama blocks first-responders fees MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Communities in Alabama no longer have authority to charge a fee when police and fire personnel respond to vehicle accidents. Gov. Bob Riley signed into law a bill forbidding...

8/1/2010 Unified Carrier Registration required for Canadians Canadian coach operators that travel into the U.S. must be registered under the Unified Carrier Registration program that replaced the Single State Registration System three years ago. Information...

8/1/2010 Remaining Winter Olympics payments made to Canadian operators VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Motor Coach Canada reports that the long-delayed remaining payments have been made to Canadian operators that provided buses for the Winter Olympics in February and Winter...

8/1/2010 Delaware becomes 30th state to ban texting while driving DOVER, Del. -- Delaware has become the 30th state to ban drivers from texting; it also outlawed holding cell phones while driving. Gov. Jack Markell signed the measure, which carries fines, into...

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