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An all-volunteer effort is working with educators to help raise awareness of truck driving careers among students.

In an effort to avert financial shortfalls for highway programs due to the coronavirus pandemic, a number of states have raised their tolls for cars and trucks, effective Jan. 1.

The Jan. 4 announcement appears to be a significant step in that direction. According to the governor’s office, the overall concept calls for $231.6 million in investment in rail projects “to upgrade economic development infrastructure in central and southern Alabama.”

A semi-truck completed an 80-mile route in Arizona with no human on board and no human intervention during the trip, using technology developed by TuSimple, the company said Dec. 29.

Trucking is likely to continue to see a shortage of professional drivers with the underlying causes showing no signs of stopping in 2022.

A new survey shows that 72% of CEOs are worried about losing their jobs in 2022 because of business disruptions.

Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with higher prices, product shortages and a raging new COVID-19 variant in the last few weeks of the season, according to one spending measure.

DETROIT — Under pressure from U.S. auto safety regulators, Tesla has agreed to stop allowing video games to be played on center touch screens while its vehicles are moving.

ExxonMobil Corp. said it will adjust its rates following a Dec. 23 fire at its Baytown, Texas, refinery that injured four people.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says it will hold a special session Jan. 7 to weigh challenges to two Biden administration policies covering vaccine requirements for millions of workers — policies that affect large employers and health care workers.