Transportation

Airlines, consumer groups ready for fight over proposed bill

As summer vacationers start to pack up and head home, Congress is considering a sweeping tally of proposals that could affect travelers, from dictating seat size and legroom to rolling back rules that require airlines to advertise the full price of a ticket.

California gas tax repeal effort could help GOP candidates

Top national Republicans and grassroots donors alike are pouring money into the campaign to repeal California's gas tax increase with the hopes it will drive turnout in November and help the GOP hold onto U.S. House seats in the heavily Democratic state.

Report points to lapse in key data in Mississippi bus crash

More than a year after a train slammed into a bus stuck on a railroad crossing on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and killed four people, investigators report that local officials and the railroad, CSX Corp., were well aware the crossing was a trouble spot, but the information does not appear to have been reflected in the GPS mapping program the bus driver used.

Inflation, gas prices, tariffs squeeze consumers

A can of Coca-Cola, a package of Pampers and plane tickets will likely cost more in the coming months, as consumers feel the impact of rising fuel prices, higher raw-materials costs and a range of new tariffs.