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Trucking was the eighth-largest contributor to members of the Senate Commerce Committee over the last six years, according to campaign finance reports.

Freight was flowing less than two days after a tornado flattened an American Freightways terminal in Oklahoma City.

The Mother’s Day crash of a charter bus in New Orleans prompted Rep. Frank R. Wolf to redouble his efforts to clean up the federal agency that monitors truck and bus safety.

Efforts to rein in one of the main abuses in the commercial driver licensing program have shown a measure of success, according to the author of a study.

A legislative proposal will put pressure on the United States to bring truck weight more in line with its border neighbors, according to a state official.

Fears of a Teamsters strike against major carhauling companies grew as the May 31 contract deadline approached.

Mike Coatney, president, Acme Truck LineHauling freight for oil and gas exploration companies used to be the mainstay of Acme Truck Line. But years of cyclical booms and busts demonstrated that it needed other sources of revenue to continue growing. That's why this "oil field hauler" began offering other services, including intermodal, logistics, courier and air freight..

Teamsters union negotiators threatened to call a strike if bargaining with major vehicle-transport companies doesn't produce an acceptable labor contract by May 31.

A plan to perform smoke tests on trucks registered in the Chicago area passed the state Legislature despite industry opposition.

Federal officials fined the trucker involved in the fatal Amtrak train derailment in Bourbonnais, Ill., for falsifying his log book.