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Articles•by Staff•May 7, 2025

Driver Shortage Ahead: Why Liquid Trucking Bet on a Bulldog to Win Recruiting Battles

Finding qualified commercial truck drivers may not be a primary concern for trucking fleet executives today, but that will change. Two companies are confronting the driver recruiting and retention challenge head-on.

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News•by News/Media Release•May 4, 2025

CVSA Adds English Proficiency to Out of Service Criteria

In response to an executive order, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance is changing its out of service criteria, calling for commercial drivers without English proficiency to be pulled off the road.

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News•by News/Media Release•May 4, 2025

Easier Trucking Apprenticeships for Veterans in Senate Bill

A bill in the U.S. Senate would make it easier for veterans to use their VA education benefits for trucking apprenticeship programs.

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News•by Deborah Lockridge•May 2, 2025

Labor Department Won't Enforce Biden-Era Independent Contractor Rule

What the federal government considers an independent contractor vs. an employee is once again changing based on the change in administration.

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Articles•by Avery Vise•May 1, 2025

Private Fleets Continue to Outpace Trucking in Driver Employment

In the employment of heavy truck drivers — those operating Class 7-8 vehicles — private fleets historically have trailed for-hire operations by a wide margin. But that’s changing. FTR's Avery Vise digs into the numbers.

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HDT Talks Trucking: Connor Hudziak
Videos•by Jack Roberts•April 25, 2025

How Western Star Helped a Young Gamer Become a Trucker

Connor Hudziak loves playing the "American Truck Simulator" computer game. Little did he know his passion for the game -- and trucking -- would change his life.

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News•by Staff•April 14, 2025

Thousands of Commercial Drivers Must Get New Medical Exams or Face CDL Downgrades

More than 15,000 commercial motor vehicle drivers will need to get new medical exams before May 10 after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration took action against two Houston-area chiropractors.

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News•by Deborah Lockridge•April 8, 2025

How Can States Help Alleviate the Truck Parking Shortage?

New research from the American Transportation Research Institute sheds some light on the state of truck parking at state-provided rest areas and other public facilities.

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News•by News/Media Release•April 2, 2025

Tenstreet Buys DriverReach to Boost Driver Hiring and Compliance Tools

Tenstreet has acquired DriverReach, giving it more scale and some software advances to help trucking companies with driver recruiting and compliance management.

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Podcasts•March 28, 2025

Listen: How Atlas Creates High-Performing Teams With Award-Winning Diversity Program

Kelly Cruse, VP of Human Resources and Chief Diversity Officer for Atlas, joins HDT's Deborah Lockridge to talk about the trucking and logistics company's award-winning diversity and inclusion program.

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