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Alabama Truckers Needed to Take Hay to Texas

More volunteer truckers are needed to deliver hay to feed Texas livestock stricken by the recent Panhandle wildfires in relief efforts coordinated by three Alabama organizations..

March 26, 2024
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Texas Truckers Bring Tires, Livestock Feed in Wildfire Aid

Texas Trucking Association has been helping firefighters get truck tires to battle wildfires that have burned more than 1 million acres in the rural Panhandle.

March 15, 2024
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Texas Oil Regulators Ask State to Sue EPA Over Methane Rule

Texas regulators on Jan. 30 formally asked the state’s attorney general to challenge the Biden administration’s rule that seeks to lower emissions from the oil and gas sector.

January 30, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Cargo Processing in Texas Improved at Del Rio Land Port

Better processing of commercial vehicles by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Texas at the Del Rio Port of Entry is resulting from a small donated infrastructure project.

January 18, 2024
BusinessTechnology

LG Electronics Opens First US EV Charger Factory in Texas

LG Electronics Inc. on Jan. 12 opened its first EV charger factory outside of South Korea — in Forth Worth, Texas — as the company targets the North American market.

January 12, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

House Panel Advances I-27 Naming Bill

A freight route in Texas would formally be issued a name under legislation recently advanced by a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives.

November 21, 2023
BusinessTechnologyAutonomousTCA

DFW Airport Signs Deal With Overair to Explore Air Taxis

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is laying the groundwork for air taxis in the future with an agreement with California-based eVTOL company Overair.

November 16, 2023
GovernmentBusinessSafety

New Texas CDL Training, Exam Site Seeks Students, Testers

A 20-acre truck driving center that is able to process 20,000 commercial driver license exams annually at a Texas community college is looking for out-of-state students and testing companies.

October 20, 2023
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Inspections Halt 19,000 Trucks at Texas-Mexico Border

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security crackdown is clogging up commercial crossings, leaving at least 19,000 trucks loaded with $1.9 billion of goods stuck waiting in Mexico.

October 9, 2023
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentLogistics

Texas to Invest $240 Million in 31 Port Projects

Thirty-one port projects in Texas will begin receiving an estimated $240 million in state funds to improve those facilities and bolster the state’s supply chains.

October 3, 2023