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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released query plans, including pricing options, for trucking companies seeking to use the agency’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.

Jitters and trade wars are roiling the markets and troubling freight companies, but the big question is if the U.S. economic expansion may be coming to a close soon.

Tempting as it might be to think a stronger dollar offsets higher U.S. tariffs by making Chinese imports cheaper, the International Monetary Fund says the greenback’s global prevalence tells a different story.

Six Midwestern states recently earned awards for outstanding transportation projects from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

The Colorado Department of Transportation has launched a safety program geared toward truckers who traverse mountainous terrain.

The New Jersey Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Labor signed a joint agreement to step up efforts to protect employees, including truck drivers, from illegal misclassification as independent contractors.

The ascent of the dollar is proving almost unstoppable. While U.S. President Donald Trump lamented its strength on Twitter, the greenback continued to surge Aug. 19, taking a Bloomberg index of the U.S. currency to its highest level of 2019.

The U.S. average retail price of diesel dropped 1.7 cents to $2.994 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Aug. 19. Crude oil prices lifted moderately to pass $56 a barrel as U.S.-China trade tensions eased somewhat, while a drone attack on an oil field in Saudi Arabia rekindled concerns over the oil supply chain.

Sights and sounds from the state truck driving championships.