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Trucking interests and environmental groups both are unhappy with the settlement the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice negotiated with diesel engine manufacturers.

A 25% tax cut in California’s vehicle license fee was supposed to take effect this year, but most truckers won’t be seeing any savings anytime soon.

An Iowa truck driver helped capture a suspected thief who led state police on a high speed chase on Interstate-80 in Pennsylvania.

The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics are still three years away, but trucking is already working on preparations.

The Environmental Protection Agency is under investigation by the House Commerce Committee over its handling of claims that diesel engine manufacturers cheated on federal emissions tests. A settlement of the dispute led to the largest environmental penalty ever imposed in U.S. history.

As the Environmental Protection Agency looked under the hood and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration got closer to climbing into the cab, the trucking industry fended off increased federal regulatory supervision on two fronts in 1998.

With the stormy seas of deregulation rocking ocean lines, and the continuing service problems of Union Pacific delaying freight and pushing shippers closer to revolt, the intermodal industry weathered another tumultuous year.

After three years of negotiations, the U.S. and Canada have reached an agreement to recognize one another’s medical requirements for truckers.

In hopes of improving its truck safety record, Quebec is creating a safety database and requiring all motor carriers that travel through the province to complete a registration form by April 1.

The Environmental Protection Agency is under investigation by the House Commerce Committee over its handling of claims that diesel engine manufacturers cheated on federal emissions tests.