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The decision by Texas to require a special clean diesel fuel in the Dallas area reawakens trucking’s fear that carriers will have to buy fuel on a state-by-state basis.

Oregon officials say the number of truckers cited lacking proper credentials has risen dramatically since the state reduced the hours of operation of its ports of entry.

A settlement over diesel emissions reached between three of the nation’s largest grocery chains, the state of California and environmental groups could set an expensive precedent for air-quality lawsuits against trucking in California and beyond.

The decision by Texas to require a special clean diesel fuel in the Dallas area reawakens trucking’s fear that carriers will have to buy fuel on a state-by-state basis.

The new executive vice president of the Montana Motor Carriers Association comes to trucking from the world of safety enforcement.

Funding for a center to develop workers for the transportation industry, and boost the economy of the Mississippi Delta region, got a jump-start when Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announced a $500,000 building grant April 28.

State police in Michigan and Illinois are testing a device that its inventors claim can be used roadside to determine if truckers are too fatigued to be driving.

New York’s ton-mile tax will not go away this legislative session, but truckers will see a $10 million a year drop due to a half-cent cut in the tax.

Montana started up a computer system May 1 that will track data on overweight trucks so that state inspectors can better target their enforcement efforts.

The Indiana State Police have begun mailing postcards to trucking companies in an attempt to inform motor carriers of their drivers’ traffic violations.