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Truckers have friends in the House; not so much in Connecticut

Some U.S. House members defended truckers during a recent highway bill hearing; but Connecticut’s governor clearly has them in his sights.

Tolls, truck-only taxes and worse – what states do when feds don’t

Rhode Island tolls bridges, Connecticut taxes truckers, and more – cash-starved states experiment while Congress dawdles on highway funding.

State will tax every single mile

Connecticut will tax truckers for every single mile they run there. And the governor made some astoundingly anti-truck statements.

Highway bill: A whole lot of bad in one big bill

The House Transportation Committee’s highway bill would change a lot in trucking, most of it for the worse. We’ll have complete coverage.

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Truckers have friends in the House; not so much in Connecticut

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State will tax every single mile

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