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News•March 26, 2010

Washington Bans Cell Phone Use While Driving

Washington State has become the 21st state to ban talking or texting on a cell phone while driving, without a hands-free device

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News•March 26, 2010

CARB Eyes Amendments to Tractor-Trailer GHG Regulation

At a hearing scheduled for late summer, the California Air Resources Board may make changes to the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Measure

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News•March 26, 2010

IRS Warns About Fuel Surcharge Reporting

The Internal Revenue Service has warned that motor carriers that pay their owner-operators a fuel surcharge need to include those amounts in the Form 1099 report of the compensation they pay their contractors

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News•March 26, 2010

Right to Repair Act Gains Bipartisan Support in Senate

Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) introduced the Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act Thursday

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Articles•by Deborah Lockridge•March 25, 2010

T. Boone Pickens Predicts Quick Action on Natural Gas Incentives

LOUISVILLE, KY -- After the bitter battle on Capitol Hill about healthcare reform, a well-known alternative energy advocate predicts Congress will turn to legislation that will help the country toward a bipartisan goal of reducing our dependence on foreign oil

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News•March 24, 2010

Senate FAA Bill Does Not Give FedEx Employees Collective Bargaining Rights

The Senate's version of a $34.5 billion bill to authorize the Federal Aviation Administration does not give FedEx employees collective bargaining rights under the National Labor Relations Ac

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News•March 24, 2010

Garden State Extends Sleeper Berth Idling Exemption Until 2011

A New Jersey sleeper berth exemption for the idling of heavy-duty trucks that was originally scheduled to sunset on May 1, 2010, has been delayed for another year

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News•March 22, 2010

Diesel Continues Upward Trend; Oil Rises Alongside U.S. Stocks

Trucking fleets across the country felt the pinch for the fifth week in a row, as national diesel prices inched up 2.2 cents this week

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News•March 22, 2010

FMCSA Grants HOS Exemption for Fertilizer

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration granted a temporary waiver from the hours of service rules for transport of anhydrous ammonia during the planting season

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News•March 19, 2010

Nebraska Lawmakers Crack Down on Independent Contractor Misclassification

A Nebraska bill aimed at cracking down on trucking and construction companies that misclassify workers as independent contractors went through its first round of approvals Thursday

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