Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar speaks at a San Antonio Water System event. (San Antonio Water System) San Antonio Water System is known for its water conservation efforts. Now, it’s doing its part to help the environment by cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions. The city-owned utility says it is adding 13 fully ...more
A VTNA VNL 300. (Volvo Trucks) U.S. Class 8 retail sales in April increased 19.4% from a year ago but declined on a month-to-month basis, Wards Intelligence reported. Class 8 sales for the month reached 22,741 units, up from 19,052 in April 2022 but down 8.4% from the 24,823 sold in March. Truck retail sales ...more
Rodney McMullen, chief executive officer of Kroger Co., during an interview in New York on May 10. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg News) Kroger Co. said it’s committed to hunkering down for a long legal battle if U.S. regulators attempt to block its $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos. “Usually you wouldn’t commit in advance to litigate. In ...more
vitpho — Getty Images WASHINGTON — House transportation policymakers expressed bipartisan support for pursuing initiatives meant to improve safety and workforce accommodations across the freight sector. Initiatives that would expand access to parking for truck drivers as well as integrate tools for advancing productivity and safety were examined during a hearing of the Highways and ...more
A Canadian court ruled in favor of a semi truck driver who sued after police allegedly beat and Tased him in the cab of his vehicle in 2016. This week, a court in British Columbia ruled in favor of truck driver Bradley Degen, 52, following a three week trial.Degan was awarded more than $317,000 after ...more
The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) in Indiana has taken a teenager into custody in connection with a rock throwing incident that left a truck driver injured last month. DCSO says that two minors were identified as suspect in the rock throwing case, according to WRTV. One of the minors, a sixteen year old, was ...more
A wreck involving a train and two semi trucks is being blamed on vegetation and overgrown trees restricting visibility. The crash happened on Wednesday, May 10th in Rosedale, Maryland at a railroad crossing along Lake Drive and is the fourth train collision at that crossing since 1988. “The trucks who come in and out of this ...more
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) recently partnered for an enforcement campaign targeting unsafe driving in construction zones. On May 10, PSP and PennDOT released information on a five week long traffic campaign called “Operation Yellow Jacket” that took place in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania.As part of the ...more
More than a week after the crash, Illinois State Police (ISP) have identified all of the people who lost their lives in a pileup caused by blowing dust. The pileup occurred shortly before 11 a.m. on May 1, 2023 on both northbound and southbound I-55 between mile markers 72 and 78, near Farmersville in Montgomery ...more
