California Construction Trucking Association (CCTA)

Highway Users Remind Lawmakers that Taxpayers Are Short-Changed by Administration’s Earmarks

On February 19, 2010, the American Highway Users Alliance (The Highway Users) called on Congress to reject provisions in the Obama Administration’s FY2011 budget proposal that would divert $200 million in highway taxes normally distributed to the states for Administration earmarking.

CalChamber

A proposal to require businesses to withhold 3 percent of payments to independent contractor’s amounts to an interest-free loan to the state from small businesses, the California Chamber of Commerce has pointed out to state leaders.

Successive disclosures suggesting global warming science has been rigged to advance political and economic agendas is undermining the theory that manmade greenhouse gas emissions threaten the globe.
The latest revelation involves an Indian climate researcher admitting there was no scientific basis for his claim that Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035.

U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced federal guidance to expressly prohibit texting by drivers of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses.

Grabbing the attention of teens today can be quite a challenge, especially since they want easy-to-find information quick and in most cases - online.

When $4 a gallon gasoline spooked American consumers out of their big SUVs in the summer of 2008, car makers realized they had to start getting serious about “green” cars.

Californians are in a dour mood, with three-quarters of adults believing the state is on the wrong course, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California.

When California voters approved Proposition 13 by a landslide in 1978, they launched a nationwide revolt for lower taxes. Critics now blame that revolt for our current fiscal crisis. That charge needs to be considered in the light of actual data about property taxes in California.

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has released the 2010 North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria (OOSC) on February 2, providing law enforcement and the motor carrier industry with a valuable tool designed to improve commercial motor vehicle safety by promoting uniformity in compliance and enforcement throughout North America.

By Michael Barone  - Washington Examiner

The climate scientists who covered up research and data on global warming that conflicted with their own views have given their profession a bad name. These scientists acted with something resembling religious fervor, leading to their concealing of important evidence about climate change.