March 9, 2026 Express Update

Summer Leadership Conference The Pennsylvania Petroleum Association (PPA) and Mid-Atlantic Petroleum Distributors’ Association (MAPDA) are co-hosting the 2026 Summer Leadership Conference! We invite you to join us in Avalon, NJ, to kick off the summer with great leadership seminars and networking opportunities. Conference Schedule The conference will open with a Welcome Reception on Sunday afternoon. Monday […]

On March 2, Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), along with Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and nine additional senators, called on EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to immediately reverse a 2024 Biden administration rule that tightens annual vapor testing requirements for gasoline cargo tanks. The letter cautions that the regulation threatens […]

On March 3rd, the House Agriculture Committee held a markup of the “Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026,” better known as the 2026 Farm Bill. Included in the base text are much-needed provisions that provide regulatory relief to hemp fiber and grain farmers, while also ensuring that THC testing opportunities are not limited […]

Last week, the Trump Administration’s Department of Labor issued a proposed rule to rescind the Biden Administration’s 2024 independent contractor rule and returning to the “economic reality test” adopted during President Trump’s first term in 2021. On Jan. 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division announced its final rule on […]