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ARLINGTON, Va. — Even with truck-related fatalities on the decline, the head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration told a group of driver school executives the agency was still working on a series of rules that could be out before the end of the year.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and the state’s legislature have reached tentative agreement on a budget that could lead to the reopening of seven highway rest areas on Interstates 10, 15 and 40.

American Trucking Associations has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that pits the railroads against the State of Alabama’s fuel tax system.

Two U.S. senators, with the support of some of the nation’s largest trucking fleets, introduced legislation last week that would require all trucks to use electronic onboard recorders to monitor their drivers’ hours of service.

Changes to the federal truck driver hours-of-service rule are among many issues trucking executives are likely to focus on when American Trucking Associations’ members gather in Phoenix for their annual meeting, the federation’s chief executive officer told Transport Topics.

A panel has denied the United States Postal Service’s request to increase the cost of first-class postage, the Associated Press reported.

U.S. manufacturing activity declined in September but continued to show expansion, the Institute for Supply Management said Friday.