TCA

About TCA News...
GovernmentBusinessTCA

Tennessee Anticipates New Inland Port to Open Next Year

Greg Hogan, Murray County (Tenn.) Sole Commissioner, says Murray County is open for business, referring to the Appalachian Regional Port, an inland port under construction on 42 acres in Murray County on U.S. Highway 411.

June 26, 2017
TCA

Texas Businesses Team Up to Defend NAFTA

Texas' largest business associations are joining forces to make sure that proposed changes to U.S. trading relations with Mexico and Canada don't hurt what has become a critical part of the state's economy.

June 14, 2017
TCA

Celebrity Chef Tim Love to Plan Truck Stop Menus

Tim Love will create new menu items for the Knoxville, Tenn.-based Pilot Flying J truck stops, the company announced June 12.

June 14, 2017
TCA

Gas Station Tycoon Jimmy Haslam Opposes Trump's Plan to Privatize Interstate Rest Areas

NASHVILLE, Tenn. A national coalition of truck stop and travel plaza operators, restaurants, trucking firms and others are urging key federal lawmakers to oppose Trump administration efforts to commercialize interstate rest areas as Congress develops an infrastructure bill.

June 14, 2017
TCA

UPS Plans $260 Million Central Indiana Hub

UPS Inc. is planning a massive expansion in Plainfield, Ind., to keep pace with surging growth in e-commerce.

June 13, 2017
TCA

Louisiana's Next Debate on a Higher Gas Tax? Likely 2021, at the Earliest

The death of the push to raise Louisiana's gasoline tax not only ended the issue for 2017.

June 13, 2017
TCA

Canadian Investor Snaps Up Far East Dallas Warehouse Hub

A Canadian investor has purchased a large Dallas distribution complex plus additional land next door.

June 13, 2017
TCA

Rail Bottlenecks Ease in North Dakota Since Oil Bust

In 2014, railcar space was prime real estate that was high in demand. A conglomerate of factors had come together to bottleneck North Dakota rail shipments.

June 12, 2017
TCA

Californians Give Big Thumbs Down to New Gas Tax, Poll Finds

Californians may hate swerving to avoid potholes, but a new law that will charge drivers an extra $10 a month to pave over the states problem roads is provoking its own kind of road rage.

June 9, 2017
TCA

Amazon on Its Way to Nine Fulfillment Centers, 8,000 Employees in Illinois

Received a large package from Amazon recently? A television or a toaster oven, perhaps? There's a chance it stopped in Romeoville, Ill., on its way to your front door.

June 9, 2017