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South Dakota should scrap the sales tax on in-state trucking, the House Taxation Committee decided Tuesday.

Chancellor Corp., an equipment leasing and fleet management firm based in Boston, acquired Tomahawk Truck & Trailer Sales of Atlanta.

The Department of Transportation is making it easier to quantify its performance by including in its 2000 budget proposal a series of goals.

TT File PhotoWith almost $1.5 billion in unanticipated gas revenues coming in, the Clinton administration and the Republican-controlled Congress are already fighting over what to do with the extra cash. Some ideas include allocating funds for road construction, NHTSA safety programs and air quality improvements.

The railroad industry is not pressing for reductions in truck sizes or weights, nor is it taking a position on proposals to transfer jurisdiction over truck safety from the Federal Highway Administration to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The government is looking at moving the responsibility of testing drivers for their alcohol level after an accident.

The Washington State Senate is about to give a green light to the first 11 state highway projects to be financed by a voter-approved bond measure.

The official challenges to James P. Hoffa’s election as president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters were dismissed by the federal election overseer, paving the way for Hoffa’s formal installation into office.

Trucking leaders swapped scarce information last week about their new chief regulator, Julie Cirillo.

A draft of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new ergonomics standard shows that the agency’s latest proposal is very similar to its 1995 plan, which industry studies estimated would cost trucking $6.5 billion.