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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.

Lydia DePillis | Houston Chronicle
June 14, 2017
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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.

Bud Kennedy | Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
June 14, 2017
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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.

Andy Sher | Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times/Free Press
June 14, 2017
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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.

James Briggs | The Indianapolis Star
June 13, 2017
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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.

Will Sentell | The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.)
June 13, 2017
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Canadian Investor Snaps Up Far East Dallas Warehouse Hub

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

Steve Brown | The Dallas Morning News
June 13, 2017
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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.

April Baumgarten | Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald
June 12, 2017
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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 state’s problem roads is provoking its own kind of road rage.

Katy Murphy | East Bay (Calif.) Times
June 9, 2017
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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.

Lauren Zumbach | Chicago Tribune
June 9, 2017
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Plan Seeks to Create North Florida Regional Intermodal System

A strategic plan unveiled late last month provides the framework for creation of an integrated system transporting goods in a four-county region in Florida, including Gulf.

Tim Croft | The Star (Port St. Joe, Fla.)
June 9, 2017