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Efforts to rein in one of the main abuses in the commercial driver licensing program have shown a measure of success, according to the author of a study.

A legislative proposal will put pressure on the United States to bring truck weight more in line with its border neighbors, according to a state official.

American Trucking Associations has a Y2K problem that has nothing to do with configuring its computers to deal with the new millennium. The bug facing the organization is persuading its 14 conferences and national affiliates to develop closer ties with their bigger cousin by Dec. 31, 2000.

Efforts to rein in one of the main abuses in the commercial driver licensing program have shown a measure of success, according to the author of a study.

Trucking was the eighth-largest contributor to members of the Senate Commerce Committee over the last six years, according to campaign finance reports.

An ethics investigation that led former Surface Transportation Board Vice Chairman Gus Owen to drop his renomination bid last year sheds some light on his outside business dealings, but does not make any specific charges, according to a report.

National Tank Truck Carriers will hear from various parties in weighing whether to continue a relationship with its bigger colleague during the group’s annual meeting.

An ethics investigation that led former Surface Transportation Board Vice Chairman Gus Owen to drop his renomination bid last year sheds some light on his outside business dealings, but does not make any specific charges, according to a report.

Xtra Lease is promoting its new site on the World Wide Web with a marketing campaign that allows the trailer leasing company to gather information on potential customers in exchange for contributing money to Trucker Buddy.

Legislation replacing three federal truck taxes with a weight-distance tax was proposed May 13 by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Chafee (R-RI).