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An Arkansas Senate panel endorsed a plan Friday that would tax big trucks for each mile traveled, setting up a showdown over the best way to fund millions of dollars worth of highway improvements.

Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) introduced legislation that would stop OSHA from going forward with its attempt to regulate ergonomics until a scientific study of the issue is completed by the National Academy of Sciences.

Rail shippers unhappy with prices are seeking more powers for federal rail regulators despite agreement that deregulation two decades ago has been a blessing for once-bankrupt railroads.

The Agricultural Transporters Conference of ATA has become the first of the association's five conferences to agree to fully integrate itself into its parent organization.

The House voted unanimously last week to ban the Concorde from U.S. airspace to retaliate against a proposed EU rule that would ban some 727 aircraft used to haul air freight in Europe.

Satellite communications pioneer Alan L. Parker, who served as president of Orbcomm from its inception in 1989 until 1998, stepped down from his full-time role with the company last week.

Some truckers who haul for the Department of Defense are raising objections to a billing plan that could force them to give up from 1% to 2% of freight charges in order to get paid.

The Arkansas Senate turns its attention to legislation that would place a heavier burden to fix the state's highways on truckers after the House passed a plan to raise both gas and diesel taxes.

File PhotoFederal Express Corp. is set to launch its expanded freight delivery services March 15. The express carrier, based in Memphis, Tenn., will guarantee one- to three-day delivery of shipments weighing up to 2,200 pounds to U.S. destinations using a network of air and ground terminals.