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

New York is considering a plan to abolish the time limits it places on truckers trying to sleep at rest areas and scenic overlooks along state highways.

Before the end of the year, truckers should be able to zip through tollbooths on Illinois’ tollways with a smile and a wave, but not a stop.

A federal appeals court granted Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. and Canadian National Railway Co. an expedited review of their appeal of a Surface Transportation Board decision that blocked the two railroads’ merger.

Gov. Dirk Kempthorne has finalized the legislative eradication of Idaho’s 49-year-old weight-distance tax.

Gov. Dirk Kempthorne has finalized the legislative eradication of Idaho’s 49-year-old weight-distance tax, signing a bill that would replace the levy with higher truck registration fees.

Truckers fighting to abolish Oregon’s weight-distance tax have been forced to concede defeat because of sky-high gasoline prices and fierce opposition from the American Automobile Association.

Fuel prices continued to descend from the Mount Everest-like summits seen in March and analysts predicted the trend would continue.

A government decision to drop an investigation takes several port truckers out of immediate legal danger, but leaves their long-term efforts to organize bound in bureaucratic muck.

Maryland put the final touches on its 2000 legislative session April 10 and six bills pertaining to trucking were passed in the final flurry of action.