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CHICAGO — American Trucking Associations proposes to train the nation’s 3 million over-the-road drivers to help safeguard the country from terrorist acts.

The opening of the southern U.S. border to Mexican trucks is likely to be delayed until sometime in mid-summer as a result of safety measures ordered by Congress late last year.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.I am commenting on the “best practices” standard for cargo security. The focus of the industry and government appears to be on truckers.

Although manufacturing in the Philadelphia region expanded in May for the fifth straight month, it did so at a slower pace than expected.

U.S. government reports released Thursday showed housing starts down and new unemployment claims up, dampening some of the positive news received earlier in the week.

ARLINGTON, Va. - Two top U.S. officials in border security issues said the government is expanding new cargo prescreening and border-clearance efforts for trucking companies as well as shippers.

Kansas Senate OKs Fuel Tax Hike • AAA: Expect More People to Drive Memorial Day Weekend • Utah Dealer Sues Volvo • Many States Expected to Raise Taxes, Fees • And more...

The Nebraska Trucking Association named Nance Harris its interim president. Harris fills the position left open by the death of Ralph “Bud” Cuca, who succumbed to cancer April 17.

Senate Terror Bill Would Increase Overall Funding • CHP Replaces Troops at 3 California Bridges • Officials Find Missing Truck • FBI to Form a New Terrorism Unit • And more...

A trio of government reports offered more evidence Wednesday that, the although the U.S. economy is improving, it continues to move at a very slow pace.