In The News

• Oil rises near $83 as investors look to Fed moves

  By Alex Kennedy - The Associated Press
  Posted Oct 11th 2010 5:38AM

  SINGAPORE — Oil prices rose to near $83 a barrel Monday in Asia as investors bet the U.S. central bank will so...

• House bill would replace excise tax with fuel tax

  By David Tanner, associate editor - Land Line
  Posted Oct 11th 2010 5:22AM

  A lawmaker in the U.S. House has filed a bill to eliminate the 12 percent excise tax on new trucks and trailers and r...

• Fed ‘red list’ tracks troublesome drivers, eyes employers

  By Kevin Jones - The Trucker Staff
  Posted Oct 8th 2010 4:46AM

  WASHINGTON — A former top trucking regulator says that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has a r...

• Senate bill includes tax credit for idling reduction

  By Charlie Morasch, staff writer - LandLineMag.com
  Posted Oct 8th 2010 3:40AM

  A U.S. Senate proposal would give truck owners tax credits for up to half the purchase price of idle-reduction techno...

• Michigan bill to outlaw ticket quotas moves forward

  By Keith Goble, state legislative editor - LandLineMag.com
  Posted Oct 8th 2010 3:18AM

  A bill that is trying to beat the clock in the Michigan Legislature is intended to protect police from requirement...