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DOT Anthony Foxx Hopes For Long-Term Highway Bill

Highway Trust Fund Support With the Highway Trust Fund on the brink, Department of Transportation Secretary, Anthony Foxx, continues to support President Obama's $302 billion dollar plan to fund our nation's highways. Foxx has been...

U.S. Factory Production Reaches 6 Month High In February

                Production Reaches 6 Month High U.S. Factory Production saw an increase 0.8 percent in the month of February, giving us a clear sign that the economy is starting to rebound from the severe winter we've...
2015 Transportation Bill

The Effects of the 2015 Transportation Bill on the Trucking Industry

2015 Transportation Bill Passes Congress On November 5th, Congress passed a six-year transportation bill. There is nothing that is extremely good about this bill but is not that bad either. It is relatively good for...
Fuchs Trucking Sold

Fuchs Trucking Ends 60 Year Run; H & N Logistics New Owners

Locally Owned Fuchs Trucking Ends 6 Decade Long Run Fuchs Trucking, which has been located just outside Sauk City for 44 years, was sold Oct. 20 after a 60-year run as a family-owned business. The family...

President Obama Announces Actions For Trucking Industry Regarding MPG

It's been exactly three weeks since President Obama's State of the Union Address. Since then, Obama has issued several executive orders, including Tuesday's announcement that details his plans to toughen fuel standards for medium and heavy-duty vehicles in...
Kentucky Truck Driver Accused Of Rape Found Dead

Kentucky Truck Driver Accused Of Rape Found Dead At Fife Truck Stop

A Kentucky man who is accused of raping a woman at a North Bend truck stop on Tuesday morning was found dead in the cab of his big rig at a truck stop in...

Truckload Turnover Over 90 Percent For 9th Straight Quarter

Turnover at large truckload carriers was up slightly to 92 percent in the first quarter, holding above 90 percent for the 9th straight quarter, American Trucking Associations reported today. Over-the-road truckload turnover rates were largely unchanged from the fourth quarter,...

ATA Request 6 Month Delay For Med Examiner Rule

Nearly 22,000 Examiners Official The ATA is asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to push back the effective date of its National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners until more examiners can be added. The rule’s effective...
2014 Tax Extenders Bill

Tax Extenders Bill Passes And What It Means For You

What The New Tax Extenders Bill Means To You By a 76-16 vote, the U.S. Senate has just passed the tax extenders bill that the House of Representatives passed earlier this month. President Obama signed into...

L.A. And Long Beach Ports Begin Strike

Drivers in a long-running labor dispute with three trucking companies at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach began what they said would be an indefinite strike Monday. The impact on the movement of...