Recent News
Admin February 11, 2025
The White House has issued an Executive Order directing federal agencies that whenever an agency promulgates...
Admin February 11, 2025
The National Motor Freight Transportation Association has proposed a major proceeding, Public Docket 2025-1, to reclassify dozens of freight groups for truck transportation, including auto parts; cement; che...
Admin February 04, 2025
Late Monday, President Trump announced a temporary pause on sweeping tariffs on all products imported from Canada and Mexico for 30 days. The news broke after 11th-hour conversations between Trump, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Sheinbaum and Trudea...
Admin January 28, 2025
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) extended the Regional Declaration of Emergency covering the transportation of heating fuels with the addition of motor fuels in 39 other states through February 15, 2025. Access the ...
Admin January 28, 2025
There is a strong chance that President Trump will propose zeroing out the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) program, as he did during his first administration. Thanks to the advocacy of NEFI and its members, and our state association and coalition partners, Congress rejec...
Admin January 28, 2025
Last week, NEFI joined a coalition of more than 230 trade associations in a letter to Senator Steve Daines and Representative Ll...
Admin January 28, 2025
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced its Licensing and Insurance services for motor carriers are once again available for onl...
Admin January 22, 2025
As promised, President Trump signed a substantial number of Executive Orders and other directives establishing his governing principles and priorities on his first day in office. First, he ...
Admin January 22, 2025
The White House has set out a new national energy policy, which provides: The President will unleash American e...
Admin January 22, 2025
Although he has previously stated his administration would impose a tariff of up to 25% on all goods entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico, President Trump has now delayed that decision. It was widely reported before the Inauguration that Trump’s position on tariffs had changed to a &ldqu...
Admin November 26, 2024
A bill, S. 3959, to allow truck drivers to obtain both a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) and a Hazardous Materials...
Admin November 19, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has begun announcing his administration's leadership team, with several appointments...
Admin November 19, 2024
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF)...
Admin November 14, 2024
On Wednesday, November 13, NEFI joined 35 national and state organizations in a letter to Congressional leaders urging action....
Admin November 13, 2024
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse will begin downgrading CDL drivers Nov. 18...