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The practice of rolling coal is under fire again, with a bill in Maryland passing through the House of Representatives recently. 

It’s raining today in Marquette, Mich where four pieces of paper sitting on a desk are causing a small car manufacturer in California to sweat.

Tesla’s state-by-state battle to sell its cars directly to customers is making news in Michigan.

California issued its first self-driving car permit for use on state roads today, marking a milestone in the journey toward mass market adoption of the technology.

The state of Tennessee has added a pair of new DUI laws just in time for the 4th of July holiday.

Self-driving vehicles are creeping toward public adoption at a not-so-slow pace and the California DMV just announced rules that bring them closer to the mass market.

Google is trying to sway lawmakers from banning its Glass mobile computing device off of driver’s faces.

A St. Louis, Miss. federal judge has ruled that flashing headlights to warn oncoming traffic of police speed traps is protected as free speech.

U.S. state representative Mike Rogers thinks so, calling it “asinine” that people in Alabama can still do it legally.

U.S. auto safety regulators are still hesitant about self driving cars being allowed beyond the experimental phase.

Part of a two-year highway reauthorization bill is ruffling feathers among some of the world’s top auto manufacturers because it could allow for massively increased fines.

Previously capped at 80 mph, the Texas House of Representatives approved a new transportation bill that will raise speed limits up to 85 mph in select areas and put an end to the night-time speed limit as well. Yee-haw!

Federal legislators have begun examining ways to tax highway users based on Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) as a way to bring up shortfalls to the Highway Trust Fund.