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Admin April 21, 2026
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced ...
Admin April 21, 2026
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has sent a notice to all of its stakeholders urging carriers and freight forwarders to prepare for the agency’s implementation of ...
Admin April 21, 2026
Five members of the House of Representatives have introduced a bill, H.R. 8218, to increase the minimum financial responsibilit...
Admin April 21, 2026
Both chambers are in session this week. The House floor schedule includes legislation spanning broadband, telehealth, energy, and environmental policy. The Senate has a wide variety of options it could take up, including the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility...
Admin April 21, 2026
NEFI is urging Congress to pass the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act (H.R. 4690) as the bill heads to the House floor this week. Introduced by energy choice champion Representative Nick Langworthy (R-NY), the bill has drawn broad industry support, and we hav...
Admin April 21, 2026
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a further extension&n...
Admin April 14, 2026
In a keynote speech to the conservative think tank Heartland Institute, Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, told attendees they should be celebrating the agency’s recent withdrawal of its 2009 determination that greenhou...
Admin April 14, 2026
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced its new Safety Champions Program, intended to assist employers in developing and implemen...
Admin April 14, 2026
Both chambers return to work this week after a two-week recess, with a packed agenda awaiting them. The most consequential item on the House floor is the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The current authorization is...
Admin April 14, 2026
NEFI has filed formal comments with the U.S. Department of Education on a proposed rule that would expand the federal Pell Grant program to include short-term workforce training programs for the first time. The expansion, often referred to as "Workforce Pe...
Admin April 07, 2026
Last week, NEFI led a broad coalition of state and regional associations in urging Congress to advance the Bolstering the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Act (...
Admin April 07, 2026
NEFI joined more than 90 trade associations and pro-business organizations in signing a letter thanking Congress for enacting the Working Families Tax Cut Act, a key component of last year’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” The letter was sent yester...
Admin April 07, 2026
NEFI has submitted formal comments to the U.S. Treasury Department and IRS on a proposed rule implementing th...
Admin April 07, 2026
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announ...
Admin April 07, 2026
The U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission has filed suit in federal court in Arizona against a trucking company that the EEOC claims refused to hire qualified women truck drivers because of their sex. The ...