Topics: COVID-19

NATSO, Coalition Urge CDC to Designate Truckstops as Mobile Vaccine Sites

NATSO, Coalition Urge CDC to Designate Truckstops as Mobile Vaccine Sites

NATSO, along with a coalition representing trucking fleets and truck drivers in need urged the Centers for Disease Control to designate truckstops and travel plazas as mobile vaccination sites to leverage existing truckstop locations for the distribution of vaccines to professional truck drivers and truckstop employees. More

FMCSA Extends National HOS Waiver

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) late February 12 extended the Hours-of-Service waiver through May 31. The HOS waiver had been set to expire on Feb. 28. The agency said that it expects this to be the fourth and final extension of the waiver. The national exemption to the HOS rules for truck drivers and carriers hauling COVID-19 relief was first issued on March 12, 2020, in response to the national emergency declared by President Donald Trump. More

Congress Passes Key Step to Allow Democrats to Pass COVID Relief

A COVID relief bill is set to move through Congress over the next month or so, possibly with only the support of Democrats. The Senate on Feb. 5 approved the FY2021 budget resolution after an overnight session, unlocking the "budget reconciliation" process for President Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan. The House passed the Senate version and plans to begin writing the reconciliation legislation in the coming weeks, subject to some constraints under reconciliation. Democrats hope to have the legislation enacted before the mid-March expiration of pandemic unemployment programs. More

Covid-19 Resources for Travel Centers from FSG, System4 & MicroShield

Covid-19 Resources for Travel Centers from FSG, System4 & MicroShield

Bernie Erickson CLEP, LC, CLMC, executive vice president, at  Facilities Solutions Group (FSG) and Bryan Moledor, business development, at System4 & MicroShield 360, share about the COVID-19 resources they offer.  More

SBA and Treasury Announce PPP Reopening; Issue New Guidance

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Congress Set to Vote on Spending Relief

Congress Set to Vote on Spending Relief

Congressional leadership have reached a deal on a COVID relief package as well as an omnibus Fiscal Year 2021 spending bill. Actual legislative language for the approximately $2 trillion bill, which will likely run thousands of pages, has not been released yet but will nonetheless be voted on in the next few days. More

CDC Advisory Group Prioritizes COVID Vaccine Distribution

CDC Advisory Group Prioritizes COVID Vaccine Distribution

Travel center employees, as "essential" workers, fall within Phase 2, but so too do tens of thousands of others. More

NATSO, Fuel Retailers Urge HHS to Consider Interdependence of Essential Workers in Vaccine Distribution Plans

NATSO, along with the National Association of Convenience Stores, Energy Marketers of America, and the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America, urged the Department of Health and Human Services to consider the interdependent nature of essential workers as it determines the next round of vaccination priorities. More

Congress Continues to Negotiate COVID Relief, Spending Bill

Congress Continues to Negotiate COVID Relief, Spending Bill

This will be one of the most consequential weeks of the year for Congress. Government funding expires on December 18 following a one-week extension, so lawmakers are working toward a deal to fund the government for either the rest of the fiscal year (which ends in September) or until sometime in the first quarter of 2021. More

States Begin COVID Vaccine Distribution

States began administering COVID vaccines Dec. 14 in a complex logistical effort. FedEx and UPS will transport the vaccine throughout most of the country, and each delivery will be followed by shipments of dry ice a day later. More

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