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The new president of Navistar International’s Truck Group would like to change the truck-buying culture by reducing — or even eliminating — the customization that is an accepted part of the purchasing and manufacturing markets.

Fighting against economic re-regulation and for approval of the sale of Conrail, railroads far outspent trucking on lobbying in 1998, according to a report by the Center for Responsive Politics.

Integrating less-than-truckload, truckload, logistics and freight forwarding services into one company is incredibly difficult. But one company has done it successfully: USFreightways Corp.

In the news this morning: USF Distribution buys Special Dispatch; Firm reaches plea deal about illegal shipments; and Nissan Diesel America announces personnel changes.

Gov. George Ryan signed laws that force Chicago-area trucks to undergo annual emissions tests and give trucks greater leeway on portable scales.

An Amtrak train en route to Chicago from the West Coast was delayed several hours Tuesday by a collision with a truck on Milwaukee's west side.

Integrating less-than-truckload, truckload, logistics and freight forwarding services into one company is incredibly difficult. But one company has done it successfully: USFreightways Corp.

United Parcel Service, the nation’s largest motor carrier, could owe hundreds of millions of dollars in back taxes and penalties based on a ruling by a U.S. Tax Court judge.

There's still no money and no definite route for the Interstate 69 project, but Texas politicians are pressing on to build the proposed NAFTA Highway.