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U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) said she opposes the construction of a toll road connecting South Texas to San Antonio as part of Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s (R) proposed Trans Texas Corridor, the Houston Chronicle reported Wednesday.

David Bradley, the chief executive officer of the Candaian Trucking Alliance, issued a positive outlook for the trucking industry last week in Ontario at the first annual meeting of the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, CTA said in a statement.

The pace of manufacturing growth in the Philadelphia area rose more than expected in August as manufacturing new orders increased, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.

First-time U.S. jobless claims fell by 10,000 to 312,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

An index of U.S. leading economic indicators dropped 0.1% in July, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is beginning a new campaign to crack down on drunk driving, NHTSA said Wednesday in a release.

Schneider National will eliminate about 170 jobs as part of a company-wide staff realignment, the truckload carrier said Wednesday in a statement.

Truck manufacturer Freightliner LLC is closing its reconfigured day cab manufacturing operation in Tooele, Utah, the company said Tuesday in a release.

Kenworth Truck Co. announced Thursday that its 2008 model-year vehicles are set to incorporate engines compliant with the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2007 emissions standards.

C.H. Robinson has elected John Wiehoff chairman of its board of directors effective December 31, the company said Thursday in a statement.