In The News

• Illinois truckers credited for stopping bill to double base plate fee

  By Keith Goble, state legislative editor
  Posted Feb 27th 2009 4:24AM

  An Illinois state lawmaker gives credit to truckers for helping sideline a bill that would have doubled the fees for b...

• Commission recommends tolls and taxes, but no reform

  By David Tanner, staff writer - Land Line
  Posted Feb 27th 2009 4:21AM

  As if truckers and highway users aren’t paying enough in taxes, fees and tolls to run on America’s highw...

• Oil rises on hopes drop in U.S. demand is slowing

  By Pablo Gorondi - The Associated Press
  Posted Feb 26th 2009 5:24AM

  Oil prices rose above $43 a barrel Thursday as a smaller-than-expected rise in U.S. crude inventories led some investo...

• DOT chief commends trucking for strides in safety, technology

  By The Trucker Staff
  Posted Feb 26th 2009 5:18AM

  WASHINGTON — Noting that trucking is “critical to the health of our national economy,” Secretary of...

• Alleged 'Recruiter' Scamming Driving Schools, Students

  By The Trucker Staff
  Posted Feb 26th 2009 5:15AM

  LITTLE ROCK — A person claiming to be a motor carrier recruiter has been preying on truck driving schools and d...