By Doug ThomasJefferson Government Relations

Not long ago, representatives of the major airlines returned to Congress seeking another bailout to bolster their slumping industry.…

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. – The driver of a motorcoach that crashed one year ago in western New York, killing five people, has been sentenced to up…

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The U.S. Department of Defense Military Traffic Management Commands has given Illini-Swallow Lines of Champaign its top rating following a comprehensive inspection…

ASHVILLE, N.C. – Travel Professionals Inc., a high-profile tour and charter company operating from its base in western North Carolina, has been shutdown and is…

ATLANTA – Wouldn’t it be great if there was no need for the word ambiguous? We ask that question because of the ambiguous issue of…

BILLINGS, Mont. – The bed tax in Montana nearly doubled the first of this month, going from 4 percent on lodging facilities and campgrounds to…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Organization of a trade association to represent motorcoach operators in Alabama has officially been completed. Jim Thrasher, president of Thrasher Brothers Trailways…

Bradley Jo Charter, Dubuque, Iowa Bradley Jo Charter, a three-year-old coach company operating out of Dubuque, Iowa, has purchased an E4500 from Motor Coach Industries…

BRISTOL, Vt. – Bristol Tours, a Bristol-based coach operator, has joined the charter and tour division of Trailways Transportation System, becoming Bristol Trailways. Tony Grassano,…

Diesel fuel prices have hit another new low for the year, averaging just above $1.42 a gallon across the U.S. The average price today is…