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March 17, 2026

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Audit finds 54% of NC trucking licenses issued illegally to foreigners

January 9, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — More than $48.75 million in federal highway dollars for North Carolina could be in jeopardy after the U.S. Department of Transportation issued news of an audit showing 54% of trucking driver’s licenses in […]

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States push to shift road funds to transit, bike projects as Trump threatens cuts

March 29, 2025 Jeff McMurray

CHICAGO — Hundreds of bicycle advocates were at an annual summit this month in Washington, D.C., when their cellphones lit up over breakfast with an urgent email warning that President Donald Trump’s Transportation Department had […]

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Biden Cabinet: Buttigieg urges big funds for Transportation

January 22, 2021 Hope Yen and Tom Krisher, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg, was headed down a smooth path to quick confirmation, pledging to senators on Thursday to work with them to carry out the […]

Eamon Queeney—North State Journal
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U.S. Dept. of Transportation announces $33.2M in infrastructure grants to N.C. airports

September 1, 2020 Emily Roberson

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration  (FAA) to […]

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