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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeDecember 5, 2025

How Heavy Duty Trucking's 2025 Emerging Leaders Are Redefining Trucking Leadership

Heavy Duty Trucking's 2025 Emerging Leader honorees are part of trucking's next generation of leaders. They are as comfortable talking about artificial intelligence, carbon emissions, or mental health as they are talking about brake jobs or backing classes.

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Goodyear Highway Hero honor.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseDecember 3, 2025

Do You Know a Highway Hero?

Nominations for the Goodyear 2025 Highway Hero are open through January 31, 2026.

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PodcastsDecember 3, 2025

Small Carrier Success Stories: Graig Morin and Brown Dog Trucking

Finding reliable guidance when you're looking to found your own fleet can be difficult. But Graig Morin knew who to turn to.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeDecember 2, 2025

FMCSA Cracks Down on Fraudulent ELDs With New Vetting System — But Stops Short of Third-Party Certification

Amid rising complaints about faked driver logs and unscrupulous ELD providers, FMCSA is revamping how electronic logging devices get approved — adding new safeguards but not yet moving to full third-party certification.

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Graphic with Pennsylvania map and photos of a Sikh truck driver, DOT headquarters, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy
Newsby Deborah LockridgeNovember 24, 2025

DOT Targets Pennsylvania for Non-Domiciled CDLs

Pennsylvania is the U.S. Department of Transportation's latest target in its effort to restrict commercial drivers licenses for non citizens.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeNovember 3, 2025

FMCSA Targets CDL Mills as Transportation Secretary Questions Truck Driver Shortage Narrative

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is stepping up enforcement against CDL mills and unqualified drivers, taking a closer look at entry-level driver training standards, and pushing back on the contention that there is a truck driver shortage.

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Werner CEO Derek Leathers answers a question during a session at the WEX OTR Summit
Newsby Deborah LockridgeOctober 9, 2025

5 Questions for Werner’s Derek Leathers on Culture, Leadership, and What Keeps Him Up at Night

Werner Enterprises CEO Derek Leathers on truck drivers, leadership, nuclear verdicts and more.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 26, 2025

Emergency Rule Overhauls How States Issue Non-Domiciled CDLs

FMCSA’s interim final rule, effective immediately, significantly alters how states issue non-domiciled CDLs, following findings that thousands were improperly granted — particularly in California.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 23, 2025

House Bill Would Ban Predatory Lease-Purchase Programs in Trucking

A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would ban predatory lease-purchase programs between motor carriers and truck drivers, which a federal Truck Leasing Task Force called “irredeemable tools of fraud and driver oppression.”

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David Comings holds the NTDC Grand Champion trophy above his head on stage at the 2025 ATA National Truck Driving Championships.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 27, 2025

ATA Names 2025 National Truck Driving Champions

David Comings of FedEx Freight earned the 2025 Bendix Grand Champion title at the ATA National Truck Driving Championships, highlighting safety and skill across 3.1 million accident-free miles.

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