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Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is likely to ask the state legislature for a 3-cent-per-gallon increase in the state tax on diesel fuel as an alternative to the tolls on Interstate highways that the Arkansas Highway Commission wants to impose.

The North Carolina Department of Labor has drafted a proposal for an ergonomics standard that would require employers to inform workers about on-the-job hazards and take corrective action.

With concerns that slumping car and truck sales may not be confined to Asia and South America, AB Volvo is considering job cuts and other cost-saving measures to improve profitability.

Amtrak said it expects its fledgling express freight business to increase by 29% during the current fiscal year, to $107 million, with most of the business being diverted from trucking carriers.

National Industrial Transportation League President Edward M. Emmett convened the NITL annual meeting by declaring that the membership would have to grow for the league to build on its successes and extend its power.

Photo by VolvoThe Environmental Protection Agency was told that its emissions test for diesel engines was flawed four years before the agency imposed penalties on engine suppliers, Volvo Truck Corp. said.

Less-than-truckload carriers are departing from a trend that had developed in recent years: the annual Jan. 1 rate increase.

Trucking interests spent $200,000 on television commercials in the hotly contested Nevada U.S. Senate race, according to American Trucking Associations officials.