In The News

• Trucking and safety programs spared in looming government shutdown

  By David Tanner, Land Line associate editor
  Posted Oct 1st 2013 6:51AM

  A partial shutdown of government programs loomed Monday as Congress remained at a budget impasse. Federal agencies that...

• CEO Jimmy Haslam: Pilot Flying J will emerge an 'even better company'

  By The Trucker Staff
  Posted Sep 30th 2013 10:33AM

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam said Monday he was confident that the company would emerge fr...

• Conviction of trucker sets legal precedent on drowsy driving

  By Greg Grisolano, Land Line staff writer
  Posted Sep 30th 2013 10:10AM

  With his appeals exhausted, a New York trucker will do time after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter and vehic...

• Boxer says transportation projects should be financed by wholesale oil tax

  By The Trucker News Services
  Posted Sep 26th 2013 6:47AM

  The federal government should replace its 18.4 cents-per-gallon tax on gas with a fee paid by oil wholesalers. Thatâ�...

• Cargo theft incidents, loss values on the rise for latest quarter

  By Greg Grisolano, Land Line staff writer
  Posted Sep 26th 2013 6:44AM

  The latest analysis of reported cargo thefts in the U.S. shows an increase in both the frequency and average loss value...