Nation Aug 26 WATCH: Duffy threatens funding penalties for 3 states if English language rules for truckers aren’t enforced 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
Nation Dec 10 As storms start, U.S. states struggle to hire snowplow drivers 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. By Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press
Making Sen$e Jan 24 Glimpse into a trucker’s life with this excerpt from ‘The Long Haul’ "The Long Haul" provides a look into a the life of Finn Murphy, who dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. By Gretchen Frazee
Making Sen$e 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…
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