As part of its ongoing effort to replace diesel-fueled school buses, the Biden administration on Wednesday said it will provide approximately 530 school districts across nearly all states with almost $1 billion to help them purchase clean school buses.
After a week of walking the picket line, the union for Dalton Public Schools bus drivers accepted a contract Friday afternoon with the private company that operates transportation for the school district.
School bus drivers are on strike in the northwest Georgia city of Dalton, leaving parents and school officials scrambling to take students to and from school.
Workers in Georgia at one of the nation's largest school bus makers have voted to unionize. Employees at Blue Bird Corp. chose to be represented by the United Steelworkers union by a vote of 697-435.
Workers in Georgia at one of the nation's largest school bus makers are voting beginning Thursday on whether to unionize. It's a chance for organized labor to make gains in the union-unfriendly South.
The driver called the transportation base to tell them she was feeling dizzy and lost consciousness seconds later. Dillon Reeves immediately sprung into action and safely stopped the bus.
A handful of school districts around the state will transition at least some of their bus fleet to electric buses, thanks to money from the federal government.