Jill DunnLife“Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa?” airs July 22“History Detectives Special Investigations” reviews recently declassified FBI files of Jimmy Hoffa’s last days for the season finale of the PBS show.July 18, 2014ParkingTrucking parking bans instituted in Washington stateWashington’s Pierce County just became the state’s second county this month to bar truck parking on residential streets in unincorporated areas. Truckers told commissioners, however, the ordinance does not consider the difficulty balancing HOS restrictions, insufficient parking and travel time between truck stops.July 18, 2014Truck StopsLouisiana sued over truck stop’s exemption to keep Tony the TigerThe author of the Louisiana’s 2006 law prohibiting private ownership of big cats is suing the state over a new law that will allow Tony the Tiger to remain at his truck stop home.July 15, 2014BusinessTruckers continue striking at SoCal ports over wages, conditionsAn indefinite strike by some truckers at three Los Angeles area drayage companies entered its third day July 9 with little fanfare, and according to a press release issued July 10, picketing will continue throughout the day today.July 10, 2014BusinessTruckers strike at L.A. port over wages, working conditionsThe Port of Los Angeles has reported no cargo traffic disruptions during the first day of an indefinite truckers strike over wages and working conditions at three area drayage companies.July 8, 2014BusinessFuel-tax hike for highway funding eyed in Senate finance committeeA plan to keep federal highway funding solvent through December no longer includes a hike in the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax hike, but has been amended to increase the fuel tax.June 26, 2014Hours of ServiceFormer FMCSA administrator supports suspension of restart restrictionsAnnette Sandberg comes out in support of suspending restart restrictions introduced in 2013; nearly six in 10 Overdrive readers believe doing so would positive impact highway safety.June 26, 2014BusinessTeamsters’ case against Green Fleet Systems goes to labor boardThe National Labor Relations Board will hear arguments Aug. 25 from a California trucking company and the Teamsters union after vacating their informal agreement regarding union activity.June 23, 2014BusinessCalifornia considering replacing fuel tax with mileage taxCalifornia could become the third West Coast state to test the feasibility of replacing state fuel excise tax with a vehicle-miles-traveled fee.June 12, 2014BusinessThird lawsuit filed in FedEx truck crash that killed 10A third lawsuit has been filed in the California collision between a FedEx truck and bus of high school students that left 10 dead.May 23, 2014Previous PagePage 17 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
