Truck drivers in Washington state will soon have increased access to bathroom facilities thanks to new legislation. On May 4, 2023, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law HB 1457.The law requires that a shipper or consignee “must allow a motor carrier delivering goods to or picking goods up from a shipper or consignee to ...more
An appeals court in Texas upheld a $100 million judgment against Werner for a 2014 crash that killed one child and paralyzed another. The crash happened during a winter storm on December 30th on Interstate 20 in Texas. A jury found Werner and the truck driver liable for the incident in 2018, awarding the victims ...more
The Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) is investigating the death of a semi truck driver found at a rest stop in Summit County last week. The incident began on the morning of Thursday, May 18, at the Echo Welcome Center located along I-80 at mile marker 170, according to KPCW.A Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) employee discovered ...more
Jim Farley by Emily Elconin/Bloomberg News Ford Motor Co. surprised Wall Street earlier this month with a strong first quarter, but CEO Jim Farley still faced a tough crowd by sticking with a goal for the company’s money-losing electric vehicle unit to be churning out 2 million models annually in a few years. “I appreciate ...more
Nati Harnik/AP Deere & Co. raised its full-year profit forecast amid strong demand for farm equipment and the easing of supply chain woes that have dogged companies since the pandemic. The U.S. tractor maker on May 19 lifted its outlook as it reported second-quarter profit of $2.86 billion that beat analyst estimates, citing healthy demand for ...more
Norfolk Southern OMAHA, Neb. — The union that represents railroad engineers finally secured its first deal for paid sick time with Norfolk Southern, several months after other rail unions began reaching similar agreements with the major freight railroads. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen announced the deal with the railroad May 18. Roughly 3,300 ...more
(Getty Images) A Texas state court has denied an appeal by Werner Enterprises Inc. of an $89.7 million jury verdict in a case involving a 2014 fatal crash. “We have inspected the record and find no error in the judgment,” seven of the nine justices wrote in a May 18 opinion. “We order the judgment ...more
A Tesla store in Corte Madera, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) The Biden administration has dropped, for now, a plan that would have awarded automakers such as Tesla Inc. credits for using renewable natural gas to power electric vehicles. That proposal was excluded from drafted regulation setting biofuel-blending quotas for the next three years that ...more
The reimagined welcome center on Interstate 70 eastbound in Preble County, Ohio. (Ohio Department of Transportation) Ohio transportation officials will add truck parking when possible in a massive four-year renovation to rebuild 33 rest areas at 17 locations in project recently announced by Gov. Mike DeWine. In a ceremony unveiling a revamped Preble County Welcome ...more
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the Thomas Laubach Research Conference on May 19. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — Chair Jerome Powell indicated May 19 that the Federal Reserve likely will forgo an increase in its benchmark interest rate when it meets in June for the first time since it began raising its key rate ...more
