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Federal investigators arrested two members of sophisticated “document mills” in Southern California that allegedly produced an array of fake IDs. They include Transportation Worker Identification Credentials that could be used to gain access to U.S. ports and other secure transport facilities.

Former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood and seven other former company sales executives were indicted last week on federal charges related to an illegal multimillion-dollar diesel fuel-rebate conspiracy.

The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted last week to keep a trucking provision, tucked in an aviation reform bill, that would prevent states from enacting laws requiring companies to schedule meal-and-rest breaks for drivers or to pay drivers by the hour.

SAN ANTONIO — Finding talented diesel technicians these days requires the detective skills of Sherlock Holmes, while keeping them on the ranch is a challenge worthy of the greatest cowboy, truck dealer executives say.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee members voted Feb. 11 to keep a provision tucked in an aviation reform bill that would prevent states from enacting laws requiring trucking companies to schedule meal-and-rest breaks for truck drivers or pay drivers by the hour.

Mark Hazelwood was once a fast-rising executive at the largest truck-stop chain in the United States. Now he's facing what could be the fight of his life, after federal indictment on charges of fraud and witness tampering.

Early estimates of the overall number of traffic fatalities in the United States show about a 9.3% increase the first nine months of 2015 compared with the same period in 2014.