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Florida is now able to train 3,500 truck drivers yearly due to its funding of workforce training as the state approved six new third-party FleetForce truck driving schools.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law that gives state regulators the power to penalize oil companies for making too much money, the first of its kind in the country.

WASHINGTON — Enhancing recruitment and retention efforts across the trucking industry will benefit the connectivity of the country’s supply chain, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear told a U.S. House panel March 28.

The electric vehicle charging industry will join Southern Nevada’s robust convention schedule with the inaugural EV Charging Summit and Expo on March 29.

Seven more individuals have been sentenced over the past month for their roles in staged crashes with tractor-trailers in the New Orleans area.

Kentucky’s Gov. Andy Beshear has signed a package of five workforce development bills, including legislation to entice out-of-state truckers to move there.

WASHINGTON — Consumer confidence inched up in March after two straight monthly declines, even as persistent inflation and anxiety over a possible recession weighed on American households.

Trucking companies in North Dakota are going to be able to have greater flexibility and efficiency serving the agriculture industry with overweight and oversize permits due to a new law passed at the request of the state highway patrol.

The magnitude of the challenge it will be for the U.S. to loosen China’s grip on the electric vehicle supply chain is coming into sharper relief.

TOKYO — Japan and the United States have reached an agreement on trade in critical minerals for electric vehicle batteries, part of an effort to ensure secure supplies of strategically important resources.