Ark. truckers to save $4M with July 1 tax break
A $4 million tax break for Arkansas truckers goes into effect on Monday with the start of the new fiscal year.
Even (Relatively) Low-Skilled Jobs Are Going Unfilled
“Companies all over are having a difficult time recruiting the kind of people they’re looking for,” said Robert Funk, chairman and chief executive of Express Employment Professionals, a national staffing firm based in Oklahoma City that helped some 335…
Fras-Le Announces New VP and General Manager
Fras-le has appointed Rodrigo Meirelles as vice president and general manager for its North American and European operations.
Legislation passed protecting truck drivers
Friday, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Representative Paul Tonko announced the passage of “Jason’s Law” to increase safety at truck stops.
DEF Pump Price Increases 15 Cents Since February
The average U.S. DEF pump price increased by seven cents, to $2.88 per gallon, in June.
Ontario to appeal speed limiter ruling
TORONTO, Ont. — The province of Ontario will appeal a recent Justice of the Peace ruling that the province’s speed limiter law is unconstitutional, the Canadian Press reports.
On-again, off-again US EOBR mandate is…off again?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An electronic on-board recorder (EOBR) mandate within the US highway bill passed earlier this week could already be dead in the water after an amendment was passed today that would prevent the Department of Transportation…
Purolator donates 10 Curbsider delivery trucks to local food banks
TORONTO, Ont. — Purolator not only raised the equivalent of 387,000 lbs of food for local food banks across Canada during its Purolator Tackle Hunger campaign this year, it also donated 10 refurbished Curbsider delivery trucks.
Truckers thank U.S. House for passing amendment to strip …
Grain Valley, Mo.) The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, OOIDA, thanked the U.S. House of Representatives on behalf of all truckers today for passing an amendment that would block the Department of Transportation from advancing regulation…
Fired trucker’s malpractice claim filed too late to collect from insurer, Nevada Supreme Court rules
A Las Vegas truck driver who lost his job due to the malpractice of his dentist has now lost his ability to collect a $480,260 judgment from the wayward dentist’s former insurer.