In The News

• Obama has yet to name FMCSA chief 100 days into job

  By The Trucker Staff
  Posted Apr 30th 2009 4:34AM

  WASHINGTON — One hundred days into his administration, President Barack Obama has yet to nominate a candidate ...

• Did Mexican trucker have flu or tonsilitis?

  By Andrew O. Selsky - The Associated Press
  Posted Apr 30th 2009 4:32AM

  MEXICO CITY — Mexico took even more drastic action to squelch a swine flu epidemic, ordering a suspension of p...

• OOIDA urges members to support ‘Jason’s law’ bill for safe truck parking

  By Clarissa Kell-Holland, staff writer, LandLine
  Posted Apr 30th 2009 4:00AM

  Family members of slain New York trucker Jason Rivenburg are turning tragedy into triumph in their quest for federal ...

• Three truck hijackers sentenced in New York; Georgia hijacker arraigned

  By Land Line
  Posted Apr 30th 2009 3:55AM

  In New York, three men convicted of a series of violent truck hijackings were sentenced to between 26 and 55 years in...

• SPIN METER: The politics of counting stimulus jobs

  By Matt Apuzzo - The Associated Press
  Posted Apr 29th 2009 3:58AM

  SILVER SPRING, Md. — When Ed Pegler was laid off from his highway construction job four months ago, the 47-yea...