Jill DunnBusinessQuestions remain for cross-border trucking as pilot program nears endWith the expiration of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico coming Oct. 14, both the future of cross-border trucking and the effectiveness of the agency’s three-year test are unclear.October 2, 2014BusinessTeamsters win vote at Con-way terminalThe Teamsters had its first success at Con-way after drivers and dock workers at the company’s Laredo, Texas, terminal voted 55-49 to join the union.September 19, 2014BusinessCalifornia dabbling with replacing fuel tax with mileage taxCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown has received legislation that would make California the third West Coast state to test replacing state fuel tax with a vehicle-miles-traveled fee.September 17, 2014BusinessReport: Trucking’s fatal injury count fell 8 percent last yearPreliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor shows 461 fatalities occurred in 2013 among private sector trucking jobs — an 8 percent drop from the previous year.September 16, 2014BusinessOOIDA lawsuit against NY’s road-use tax gets class-action certificationNew York has granted class-action certification to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s lawsuit against the state-required registration and decal fees for out-of-state trucks.September 10, 2014BusinessFinal audit of FMCSA’s cross-border program begins as it enters final monthThe Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General has begun its final audit of the cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico. Here’s what it’s looking to find.August 27, 2014BusinessOntario court to hear challenge to speed limiter lawThe Court of Appeal for Ontario has agreed to hear a challenge to province’s speed limiters law. The next step will be for the province’s highest court to schedule oral arguments before a three-judge panel.August 25, 2014BusinessPrime’s same-sex trainer policy discriminates against women, court saysA U.S. district court has agreed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s determination that the same-sex trainer policy of Prime Inc. is discriminatory.August 15, 2014BusinessElectric cable-powered trucks to be tested in California next yearA two-mile demonstration project using overhead cables to power electric trucks is slated to begin in California in Jul 2015.August 13, 2014BusinessDrivers, OOIDA get $3M settlement in class-action suit against C.R. EnglandA federal court has approved a $3 million class action settlement over truth-in-leasing regulations in favor of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association against C.R. England Inc.July 25, 2014Previous PagePage 16 of 38Next PageTop StoriesTrucker of the YearOwner-op holy grail: Decades of direct freight in a custom '81 359Owner-operator Ron Kelsey has been hauling for the same two shipper customers since he got his authority as an independent in 1994. Managing those relationships, and his award-winning 1981 Peterbilt 359, keep his business running strong.Custom Rigs23-year-old Cameron Bagley's 1999 Pete 379 carries on father's legacyRegulationsEnforcing Trump's English language mandate 'not part of California law': CHPRegulationsEPA set to unravel 'disastrous' federal trucking emissions regulationsFeatured SponsorDezl Trucking Headsets 100/200 Series - Life on the road never sounded so good
