News
FMCSA launches 2024’s Operation Protect Your Move
FMCSA is continuing efforts to protect the public from scams involving household goods. A 2023 initiative found more than 1,000 violations.
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Podcast: FHWA grants meant to replace trucks at ports
Ports across the country might see quite a few new, lower-emission trucks due to a series of grants from the Federal Highway Administration.
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Fuel prices, News
Diesel lower in the West, Midwest and Gulf Coast, up on the East Coast
The weekly diesel report from the Energy Information Administration shows lower prices in the West and Midwest but higher in New England.
News, State
California Legislature backs speed rule revision
One California bill headed to the governor would do away with the 85th percentile speed rule to permit speed changes on local roads
Federal, News, OOIDA
OOIDA makes another push for truck parking funding
OOIDA is making a push to get truck parking funding added to a House Transportation & Infrastructure budget reconciliation bill.
Federal, OOIDA, State
OOIDA, other groups urge Supreme Court to hear AB5 case
OOIDA asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the California Trucking Association’s case against the state’s worker classification law, AB5.
Federal, News
UPDATED: Nomination hearing for FMCSA’s Joshi set for Sept. 22
UPDATE: A hearing on Meera Joshi’s nomination to be the administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is moved to Sept. 22.
News, OOIDA, Products & Services
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week gets started
As part of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, several companies are offering discounts and contests to thank truck drivers.
Crime & Courts, News
Trucking company owner pleads guilty in PPP loan fraud, tanker explosion cases
A California trucking company owner entered a plea agreement in two unrelated cases: a PPP loan fraud case and a fatal tanker explosion case.
Crime & Courts, News
Tri-Modal must face California sexual harassment lawsuit
After the California Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision, a former Tri-Modal employee alleging sexual harassment will have her day in court.
OOIDA
OOIDA tour trailer stops in Vermillion, S.D.
Marty Ellis and the OOIDA tour trailer next stop at the S.D. TA Express dedicated to Jerry Seaman, OOIDA life member and 2020 Citizen Driver.
Federal, News, OOIDA
No truck parking funding in T&I bill; OOIDA pushes for amendment
OOIDA is pushing to get a truck parking funding amendment added to the House T&I budget reconciliation bill.