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The Illinois State Police and the Northwestern University Traffic Institute are using a federal grant to study the uniformity of roadside truck safety inspections.

After months of negotiations, the Postal Service and two of its large unions reached a tentative agreement Wednesday on a new contract.

The National Transportation Exchange completed its transition into cyberspace by cutting 14 staffers who were handling orders manually.

A plan approved by the Maine Turnpike Authority will hike turnpike tolls for truckers by 25%. The toll hike will raise the $11.5 million the state needs to widen parts of the road.

The Department of Defense is replacing its old method of calculating mileage for transporters with a new computerized system that will provide distance information instantly.

Five drivers for an Iowa trucking company involved in falsifying logbooks were sentenced Tuesday on related misdemeanor charges.

A good Samaritan trucker jumped into a burning wreck to save a fellow truck driver, but quickly vanished before he could be rewarded for his good deed.

DaimlerChrysler Canada has sent out 2,000 layoff notices, telling workers that Friday will be their last shift until Jan. 4.

The Senate began its post-election reorganization Tuesday, reelecting party leaders and assigning lawmakers to committees. As expected, Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) was reelected without opposition.