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A voluntary private-government partnership program will be announced March 22 by the Environmental Protection Agency aimed at improving air quality.

Opponents of the proposed ergonomics standard came out swinging at the start of federal hearings last week, criticizing the burden the new standards could place on their businesses.

In the news this morning: Impaired driver to get second chance for medical waiver; FedEx faces religious discrimination suit form ex-employee; and Sysco buys FreshPoint Holdings.

The Surface Transportation Board has put a 15-month hold on new railroad mergers while it tries to fashion rules to prevent the problems that have attended the last two major consolidations.

This afternoon's headlines: Union Pacific abandons plans for Illinois railport; Senator Campbell gets an earful on fuel prices during truck-driving vacation; and Banc of America raises Werner Enterprises' stock rating.

The price of diesel fuel climbed to new heights this week, amid a frenzy of protests, threatened protests, proposals, counterproposals, promises and caveats.

Meals eaten on the road could be cheaper come January if a House-approved tax bill restoring the 80% meals deduction becomes law.

A Washington court has struck down Initiative 695, the measure approved by voters in November that greatly reduced the state’s motor vehicle excise tax and required a public vote for all new tax and fee increases.

In the news this morning: Standard & Poor's upgrades Arkansas Best's credit rating; New York's Maher Terminals extend gate times; and Illinois CDL scandal fallout continues with 2 states revoking licenses.

Fewer than 150 truckers pulled into Washington, D.C., March 16, to protest a number of ills plaguing owner-operators. And when they arrived, they found two groups engaged in a cat fight to represent them.