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Trucking executives and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee praised each other Saturday for defeating an Arkansas Highway Commission proposal to impose tolls on Interstates 30, 40 and 55.

At the request of trucking trade groups, the Office of Motor Carrier Safety is rethinking its policy of imposing federal hours-of-service rules on intrastate drivers after any interstate service.

Owner-operators working at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., are ready to strike again if their demands for union recognition and fair pay are not met, a union representative said.

How prepared is the United States is to handle an influx of Mexican trucks once the southern border opens? At a federal hearing last week, the answer was: not very.

In the news this morning: Feds break up cargo crime ring; Teamsters slap Overnite with unfair labor charges; and Overnite employees in Grand Rapids petition to decertify Teamsters.

A federal appeals court ruled Friday on the Environmental Protection Agency’s appeal of its May ruling that struck down the agency’s new soot and smog standards.

This afternoon's headlines: Teamsters take Overnite strike to second hauler; Kenworth to provide trucks for new TV show; and Ex-trucking company owner faces environmental charges.

Less-than-truckload carriers are better able to maintain earnings in the face of rising fuel prices than truckload carriers, according to a securities analyst’s report.

American Trucking Associations has asked the federal government to wait until the National Motor Carrier Administration is in place before moving ahead on hours-of-service changes.