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Voters in Washington state soundly defeated a proposed hike in fuel taxes in just one of several measures on the ballot Tuesday with implications for the trucking industry.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Joseph Clapp, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said last week he wants the trucking industry to be more safety conscious and that his first 15 months in office have been “filled with more highs than lows” about what motor carriers have accomplished.

ORLANDO, Fla. —California and certain other states are much more likely than most states to report truckers’ out-of-service violations to the federal government, a fact that skews the computer program that helps target fleets for enforcement, a trucking insurance official said last week.

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The United AutoWorkers said Monday that it has filed unfair labor practice charges against Peterbilt Motors, a division of truck maker Paccar Inc. stemming from a situation that has idled 700 workers at the company's Madison, Tenn. factory.

Yellow Corp. won its Supreme Court case against the state of Michigan over state-imposed truck fees, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

As voters go to the polls across the country Tuesday, they look at a number of issues close to the trucking industry, led by a possible 9-cent per gallon increase in fuel taxes in the state of Washington.

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About 1,300 truck driving and warehouse jobs have been lost in the New York City area since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, mainly because of a cargo dropoff at the city's two main airports, a new study has found.

The services sector of the U.S. economy continued to show growth in October, but did so at a slower pace, the Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday.