Congress weighing overtime for truckers with new bill
WASHINGTON — The Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act (GOT) has been introduced in the House and Senate this week in an effort to level the
WASHINGTON — The Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act (GOT) has been introduced in the House and Senate this week in an effort to level the
INDIANAPOLIS — A UPS tractor-trailer driver is dead after a wreck following a police chase created a traffic backup on Nov. 7 along Interstate 65
HOUSTON — A huge fire at a chemical plant in rural Texas on Nov. 8 sent a plume of black smoke into the sky as
BUFFALO, N.Y. — New research from a New York state-based attorney’s office has revealed that Alaska has the most dangerous driving conditions, with one-quarter of
WASHINGTON — The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is welcoming FedEx Corp. as the inaugural founding sponsor of the trucking industry group’s Women In Motion (WIM)
COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine — Pilot Company and BCB Live are returning for a second year of coverage sponsorship for Wreaths Across America Radio. This year, Wreaths
DENVER — Spot truckload rates and load-to-truck ratios for the week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4 suggest seasonality, especially for volumes, according to DAT Freight and
BOSIE, Idaho — Many veterans end their military careers having no idea what to do next or how they will make a living without the
WASHINGTON — The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has released new projections showing truck tonnage will grow to 14.2 billion tons by the year 2034, securing
WASHINGTON — The American Trucking Associations (ATA) told members of a U.S. Senate panel this week that the national truck parking shortage is a growing
DALLAS — The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has presented Shelley Simpson, president of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, with its 2023 Influential Woman in Trucking
TOOELE, Utah — An out-of-control 18-wheeler that crashed through dozens of cars before wrecking into a Ford dealership on Nov. 3 in Tooele, Utah, has
WASHINGTON — The nation’s employers slowed their hiring in October, adding a modest but still decent 150,000 jobs, a sign that the labor market may
LOWELL, Ark. and FORT WORTH, Texas — J.B. Hunt Transport Services and BNSF Railway have a new intermodal service called Quantum. According to a news
WASHINGTON — The Small Business In Transportation Coalition (SBTC) is accepting applications to help truck drivers or their children who may be in need. The
ATLANTA — Police are continuing their investigation of an Oct. 31 crash that killed actor and stuntman Taraja Ramsess and three of his children The
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Average U.S. diesel fuel prices are continuing their downward trend. According to the Nov. 6 report from the Energy Information Administration
CHICAGO — Sophee Langerman was on her way to a bicycle safety rally in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood in June when a car turning right rolled
PUEBLO, Colo. — An investigation into a Colorado coal train derailment and bridge collapse that killed a truck driver is focused on whether inspection and maintenance
KATY, Texas — Halloween is about candy, kids dressed up in their favorite costumes and trick-or-treating, but in one Texas community, this Halloween had more