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Should some trucking companies be exempted from filing financial reports with the federal government? About a dozen carriers are asking the Bureau of Transportation Statistics for permission to keep financial and operating data private.

The Teamsters union and Overnite Transportation continued to give widely disparate accounts of the effect the union’s picketing is having on the company’s business, as the strike neared the end of its second week.

High agricultural demand and refinery troubles led to a 4-cents-per-gallon leap in the price of diesel fuel in California, which in turn bumped the national average up 0.3 cent.

Washington voters last week scrapped the state’s motor vehicle excise tax and replaced it with a $30 annual fee.

Oregon voters amended the state’s constitution to call for cars and trucks to pay their fair share of highway costs.

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) is no longer pursuing a criminal investigation of Office of Motor Carrier Safety chief Julie A. Cirillo.

Representatives of diesel engine manufacturers took exception to the timetable for a new Environmental Protection Agency rulemaking proposal, with one accusing the federal regulator of “a breach of faith” at a Nov. 2 public hearing.

Duane W. Acklie, the owner of Crete Carrier Corp. of Lincoln, Neb., and three other truckload carriers, has added flatbed specialist Hunt Transportation of Omaha, Neb., to his trucking portfolio.

Trucking’s leaders went to Orlando, Fla., last week to check on the progress of their national trade organization.