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Abbie Deloach Family Will Sue Trucking Company After Wrongful Death

Just days after the deadly accident which left five Georgia Southern students dead, one of their families is filing a lawsuit against the people they say are responsible. The five junior nursing students were hit...
Port Truck Drivers Strike Again

Port Truck Drivers On Strike Again In Long Beach And Los Angeles

Truck driver strikes have become all to familiar at the Long Beach and Los Angeles ports over the years and port truck drivers are back on strike again. Over 200 truck drivers began striking...
Highway Trust Fund 2015

Highway Trust Fund At The Forefront Again – Gas Taxes To Raise?

Should We Expect Something Different? The highway trust fund is making its round again as we all look for another way to fund the nation's highways. Highway funding is set to run out on May...
March 2015 Trucking Jobs Lost

Trucking Industry Loses 6,800 Jobs In March

After Great February Trucking Industry Loses 6,800 Jobs For the first time since August 2014, the trucking industry lost jobs and it was the highest total loss of jobs in more than two years. In...

Trucking Moves America Forward Raises One Million Dollars

Last year at the Mid-American Trucking Show, Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF) was officially announced. A year later, the Trucking Moves America Forward has raised $1,000,000 to promote the trucking industry. “We have achieved great strides...
Mid American Trucking Show

Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville Starts Today

2015 Could Be Record Year For Mid-America Trucking Show The Mid-America Trucking Show is back in town today and will be hosted from March 26-28, at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, Ky. The annual trucking...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index

ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index Up 3.5 Percent In November

ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index Spikes In November American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 3.5% in November, following an increase of 0.5% during the previous month.  In November, the index...
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...
TXTA Foundation

TXTA Foundation Pledges $50,000 to Trucking Moves America Forward

TXTA Foundation Announces Financial Contribution One week ago, the Texas Trucking Association Foundation announced a $50,000 financial contribution to Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF) over the next five years. Trustees voted on the proposal to support...
Route 78 Crash

Truck Driver Escapes Fatal Crash On Route 78

Truck Driver Escapes Fatal Crash; One Dead, One In Critical Condition A driver of a truck involved in a collision on I-78 in New Jersey near New York City Saturday escapes his flaming truck by...