In The News

• President Obama OKs $7 billion for Highway Trust Fund

  By David Tanner, staff writer - Land Line
  Posted Aug 10th 2009 4:45AM

  President Obama heeded the call of Congress. On Friday, Aug. 7, he signed a bill into law to shore up the Highway Tru...

• $300 refund to some owner-operators

  By Reed Black, staff writer, Land Line
  Posted Aug 10th 2009 4:42AM

  Thousands of truckers with their own authority are receiving letters from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra...

• Bill would fund fuel tax options

  By Jill Dunn - eTrucker.com
  Posted Aug 10th 2009 4:39AM

  A federal House bill would provide $154.5 million to study fuel tax alternatives, including systems based on the numb...

• Freight stabilizes, overcapacity remains

  By Linda Longton - eTrucker.com
  Posted Aug 10th 2009 4:38AM

  Freight levels have stopped shrinking and the recession may be coming to an end, analysts told participants in the Co...

• Job losses slow to 247,000; jobless rate dips

  By Jeannine Aversa - The Associated Press
  Posted Aug 7th 2009 4:39AM

  WASHINGTON — Employers throttled back on layoffs in July, cutting just 247,000 jobs, the fewest in a year, and...