With the federal deadline fast approaching for states to begin fingerprinting hazardous materials drivers, industry officials said it may already be too late for all states to launch the program on time.

Trucking companies in Virginia lost a sales tax exemption effective Sept. 1, as the state’s new two-year budget went into effect.

A coalition of private-citizen safety groups requested in a letter to Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta that he re-examine differences between the U.S. and Mexican trucking industries before moving forward on opening the southern border to northbound trucks.

The Transportation Security Administration announced it had hired consultant BearingPoint Inc. to begin the third and final test phase of its Transportation Worker Identification Card program.

For the 67th time, truck drivers from across America will make the trek to the National Truck Driving Championships seeking individual glory in an event that also builds the image of the industry.

A California government review panel last week recommended replacing the California Air Resources Board with a single director in a division of air quality inside the California Environmental Protection Agency.

Truck drivers using the Maine Turnpike will begin paying much more next year to travel on one of the state’s major thoroughfares.

WASHINGTON — Port and border drayage truck drivers could pose a security risk that is difficult to manage, a Department of Homeland Security official told reporters and transportation officials.

SAN DIEGO — State trucking association executives, national officers and business officials debated truck size and weight issues at last week’s meeting here of the Trucking Association Executives Council.

Environmental officials in New Jersey put industry officials on notice that the state would step up enforcement of its anti-idling law by the end of July.