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A jury will decide later this year whether the producers of “Dateline NBC” misrepresented their intentions to a Maine trucking company owner in developing a segment on driver fatigue for the television news show.

Trucking companies are part of a ground swell of public sentiment seeking repeal of the estate tax, which kicks in when family-held businesses or property are transferred from one generation to another, and Congress is taking note.

Owners of trucks that have only an old ICC identification number will have to start painting their carriers’ DOT number on the doors to meet a recent directive from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters regards political contributions as a business. The union is looking for a presidential candidate that does it the most good, but for now it is resisting endorsing the two major parties’ contenders.

Critics far outweighed supporters at the first official sound-off over the Department of Transportation’s proposed hours-of-service rules for truck drivers last week in Washington.

The state of Washington adopted an ergonomics standard that officials said would help reduce 50,000 workplace injuries and the $411 million in costs attributable to those injuries.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters regards political contributions as a business. The union is looking for a presidential candidate that does it the most good, but for now it is resisting endorsing the two major parties’ contenders.

The state of Washington adopted an ergonomics standard that officials said would help reduce 50,000 workplace injuries and the $411 million in costs attributable to those injuries.

Critics far outweighed supporters at the first official sound-off over the Department of Transportation’s proposed hours-of-service rules for truck drivers last week in Washington.

The Environmental Protection Agency and American Trucking Associations will face off in the U.S. Supreme Court on how air pollution standards are set.