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Money is at the heart of the debate over the future of the Single State Registration System.

In the news this morning: Sen. Hutchinson seeks diesel price investigation; Bill to suspend diesel tax may be introduced in the Senate; and Irate Canadian truckers drive home their demands.

An Idaho judge has declared the state's weight-distance tax unconstitutional, a decision out-of-state truckers hope will eventually lead to the abolition of the tax system altogether.

Sky-high diesel prices along the Eastern Seaboard eased a little last week, as the national average price retreated slightly from the 10-year high set the week before. But Rocky Mountain and Midwest regions were not so fortunate, as fuel costs there increased for the sixth week in a row.

Fuel price spikes have ignited the simmering exasperation of port truckers into protests at harbors across the country, including a work stoppage that has shut down the Port of Miami since Feb. 7.

Nearly 30% of surveyed truckload carriers raised pay for their drivers an average of 4 cents a mile in the past three months, according to the latest report from Signpost Inc.

In the moving and storage industry, if you’re not the hunter, you could become the hunted.

Allied Worldwide plans to fatten its portfolio of subsidiaries with the acquisition of financially troubled Global Van Lines — a move that will further a trend of consolidation within the moving industry.

Money is at the heart of the debate over the future of the Single State Registration System.

Members of The Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations are the target of a recruiting drive by ATA.