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Business, Products & Services

Heartland Express cuts deal for Joplin, Mo.-based CFI

Heartland Express is buying the headquarters, trucks and trailers of a second company this year, Joplin, Mo.-based Contract Freighters Inc.

News, State

Spotted lanternfly egg-laying season starts soon

Spotted lanternflies are laying eggs, so be on the lookout for smears of mud in Pennsylvania and an increasing number of other states.

OOIDA

The OOIDA tour trailer stops in Gee Cee’s at Toledo, Wash.

Marty Ellis has parked the OOIDA tour trailer at Gee Cee’s Truck Stop in Toledo, Wash. Some OOIDA life members have checked in recently.

News, State

Port of Oakland blames AB5 protest on 28% decline

A weeklong protest over California’s Assembly Bill 5 led to a 28% decrease in container volume, the Port of Oakland says.

Business, Equipment

Cummins, Paccar announce natural gas engine partnership

Paccar big truck nameplates Kenworth and Peterbilt are being developed using Cummins’s new X15N natural gas engine to cut exhaust emissions.

Business, News, Products & Services, State

Love’s Travel Stops adds location in Minnesota

Love’s Travel Stops has opened a new location in Columbus, Minn. The newest location – the fourth in the state – adds 84 truck parking spots.

News, State

Pennsylvania commission approves updated 12-year transportation plan

Pennsylvania’s 12-year program includes billions of dollars for highway and bridge projects, as well as funding for transit and other modes of transport.

News, State

New Michigan law clears path for autonomous vehicle roadways

A new Michigan law allows the state to move forward with the development of a connected and automated vehicle corridor.

News

Free and Secure Trade enrollment events planned for September

The Canada Border Service Agency and U.S. Customs and Border Protection will hold several Free and Secure Trade enrollment events.

Elections, News, State

Multiple Texas counties include transportation questions on fall ballots

Questions to aid transportation work are slated for November ballots in Texas counties that include the Dallas and Houston areas.