PHOENIX — To pay down some of the debt incurred to build its new Capitol Hill office complex, American Trucking Associations is offering members the chance to purchase commemorative pavers on the building’s rooftop patio.

American Trucking Associations said it has hired Mary Phillips as its new senior vice president of legislative affairs.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — An executive of Xata Corp. said the company’s plans for its phone-based tracking and logging system — Xata Turnpike — include pushing the unit into trucks that already have mobile communications hardware installed.

WASHINGTON — Highway crash deaths involving large trucks plummeted 20% in 2009 to 3,380, the third straight year it has set a record low, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.