Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is asking Congress to adopt new zero-tolerance policies to combat unsafe bus and motorcoach operators.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) placed four additional research studies in the docket for the Hours-of-Service (HOS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).

Four NSTA members representing Wisconsin private school bus companies sat down this week with Chairman of the House Budget Committee Paul Ryan as part of NSTA's annual spring meetings and "Capitol Hill Fly-In."

The Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) told the House Energy and Power Subcommittee that CNG produced in the United States could replace 10 billion gallons of gasoline per year within the next 15 years.

Donell Rosenthal is the new state director at the Montana Office of Public Instruction, according to Maxine Mougeot, who retired from the post at the end of last year.