Politics Jul 30 WATCH: Trump announces effort to train veterans as truckers amid immigrant driver crackdown By Josh Funk, Associated Press
Politics May 26 Supreme Court rejects Florida's bid to sue Western states over commercial driver's licenses for immigrants The case the court turned away Tuesday stems from a crash in Florida last year that killed three people. By Associated Press
Politics May 05 Watch 8:08 Thousands of immigrant truckers lose commercial licenses in Trump administration crackdown In March, around 200,000 immigrants began losing their commercial driver’s licenses, which are required to operate large vehicles like semi-trucks, buses and tractor-trailers. It’s part of a series of moves by the Trump administration to limit who can drive those… By Lisa Desjardins, Layla Quran
Nation Aug 26 WATCH: Duffy threatens funding penalties for 3 states if English language rules for truckers aren't enforced California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if they continue failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday. By Josh Funk, Associated Press
Nation Sep 07 Central California keeps on trucking with new manufacturing and transportation jobs A plan to transform the region into a destination for manufacturing and transportation jobs is getting a boost. By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado
Dec 10 As storms start, U.S. states struggle to hire snowplow drivers By Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press States from Washington to Pennsylvania and some in the Rocky Mountains are having trouble finding enough people willing to take the comparatively low-paying jobs that require a Commercial Driver's License and often entail working at odd hours in dangerous conditions. Continue reading
Jan 24 Glimpse into a trucker's life with this excerpt from 'The Long Haul' By Gretchen Frazee "The Long Haul" provides a look into a the life of Finn Murphy, who dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 8:37 Could driverless vehicles spell the end of the road for truck drivers? The trucking industry has long faced a driver shortage, in part because of high risk, low pay and long hours. The rise of autonomous vehicles could alleviate that problem--but it could also eliminate jobs for a population of older men… Continue watching
Dec 08 GOP, industry defeat safety rules that would have kept tired truckers off road By Joan Lowy, Associated Press The trucking industry's latest triumph has caused concern among safety advocates that it may signal the start of a broad rollback of transportation safety regulations once there's no longer a Democratic president to check the tendency of Republican lawmakers to… Continue reading