Tag: Department of Transportation

This is an aerial view of Dominion Energy's Brunswick Power Station in Brunswick County, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. Six years after the stateâs tobacco commission first signed off on subsidizing a new natural gas pipeline in Southside Virginia, many goals behind spending the $30 million in public money has gone unmet.

Energy and Environment

How Congress and the feds can improve natural gas pipeline safety

Don Santa · September 17, 2019 4:00 am

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao listens during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in Washington.

House Oversight investigating Elaine Chao’s ties to family company

Daniel Chaitin · September 16, 2019 8:49 pm

Government says miniature horses used as service animals allowed on commercial flights

Zach Halaschak · August 15, 2019 6:41 pm

Morning traffic builds on Massachusetts Avenue, in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2016.

Washington Secrets

White House war on regulations poised to pass goal ‘more than 31 times’

Paul Bedard · April 19, 2019 12:49 pm

Looking for answers after Boeing crash

Diana Stancy Correll · March 29, 2019 4:00 am

A worker walks next to a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane parked at Boeing Field, Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Seattle.

Trump’s transportation chief demands review of how the FAA approved Boeing’s 737 MAX

James Langford · March 19, 2019 8:34 pm

Boeing reported an overall first quarter revenue of $23 billion, a six percent increase over 2017 first quarter earnings.

Boeing knows ‘lives depend’ on its jets, CEO says amid crash scrutiny

James Langford · March 19, 2019 4:24 am

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver in Palo Alto, Calif. States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that the Senate advanced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Bill would force changes to keyless ignition fobs

James Langford · March 8, 2019 5:00 am

Elaine Chao, secretary of transportation, arrives to a National Space Council meeting at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018.

The unflappable Elaine Chao

Whitney Blake · January 18, 2019 5:00 am

Self-driving car bill’s backers seek Senate vote before it’s too late

Joe Williams · November 17, 2018 1:23 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2017 file photo Melanie Richter controls the Yuneec selfie drone 'Breeze 4K' with a smartphone at the IFA 2017 tech fair in Berlin, Germany.

Undersecretary Kan: Smart regulatory reforms at Transportation improve safety and foster growth

Derek Kan · October 22, 2018 1:30 pm

General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra speaks next to an autonomous Chevrolet Bolt electric car, in Detroit.

How a nonexistent US safety framework is hurting the self-driving car industry

Joe Williams · September 25, 2018 4:01 am