Latest News Updates From Jeff Johnson

Judge OKs Idaho Ton-Mile Tax Settlement

With judicial consent of a $27 million settlement with several trucking companies, the final nail was hammered into the coffin containing Idaho鈥檚 weight-distance tax.

June 19, 2000

Deficient Bridges Hinder Truckers

Truckers are beset by more detours and congestion than ever before because of poorly maintained bridges across the United States, according to a recent study.

June 16, 2000
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Illinois Governor Calls CDL Bribery 鈥極utrage鈥

Illinois Gov. George H. Ryan told a federal panel that the scandal involving commercial drivers licenses in his state was 鈥渁n outrage,鈥 but that wrongdoing wasn鈥檛 isolated to Illinois and could be worse elsewhere, as in Florida.

June 14, 2000
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ATA Asked to Sue Oregon on Ton-Mile Tax

Having lost in the court of public opinion, Oregon trucking representatives now want to take their battle against the state鈥檚 weight-distance tax to a real courthouse.

June 14, 2000
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Supermarket Chain, Teamsters Get Desired Results From Contract

The Teamsters鈥 2-month-old strike of Associated Wholesale Grocers ended June 4 with the ratification of an eight-year contract between the company and three locals in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

June 14, 2000
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New York Lowers Thruway Fuel Prices

Gov. George E. Pataki ordered the price of diesel fuel and gasoline sold on the New York Thruway to be cut by a nickel for the summer driving season.

June 14, 2000

ATA Asked to Sue Oregon on Ton-Mile Tax

Having lost in the court of public opinion, Oregon trucking representatives now want to take their battle against the state鈥檚 weight-distance tax to a real courthouse.

June 13, 2000

New York Cuts Thruway Fuel Prices

Gov. George E. Pataki ordered the price of diesel fuel and gasoline sold on the New York Thruway to be cut by a nickel for the summer driving season.

June 9, 2000
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Texas Eyes Bridge Improvements

Texas transportation officials want to make more funds available to fix the thousands of bridges in the state that are considered not structurally sound enough to carry heavy vehicles.

June 7, 2000
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Not Your Mother鈥檚 Maytag

Most shippers would be outraged if a trucker took three days to make move two dryers 100 miles, but then again your average Maytag is not 20 feet tall.

June 7, 2000