Mississippi to Hike Motor Fuel Taxes for First Time in 38 Years

By |2025-04-16T12:20:53-05:00April 15th, 2025 at 3:48 AM|Trucking News|

A tanker truck driver delivers fuel in Jackson, Miss. The state's motor fuel taxes have not increased since 1987. (Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press) Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves enacted legislation to implement rolling 3-cent annual hikes in gas and diesel excise taxes starting July 1 in a package of tax laws, including one eliminating state income ...more

EU Expects US Tariffs to Stay as Talks Make Little Progress

By |2025-04-16T08:20:22-05:00April 15th, 2025 at 2:28 AM|Trucking News|

European Union flags at the European Commission in Brussels. (Mlenny/Getty Images) The European Union and U.S. made scant progress bridging trade differences this week as officials from President Donald Trump’s administration indicated that the bulk of the U.S. tariffs imposed on the bloc will not be removed. The EU’s trade chief, Maros Sefcovic, left the ...more

Trucking Leaders Warn of Lax Oversight in CDL Training

By |2025-04-16T08:20:25-05:00April 15th, 2025 at 1:19 AM|Trucking News|

160 Driving Academy operates 152 schools in 44 states and will graduate about 30,000 students this year. (160 Driving Academy) Top leaders at the Commercial Vehicle Training Association and the National Association of Publicly Funded Truck Driving Schools are expressing “serious concerns” to federal trucking regulators that entry-level driver training enforcement has not kept pace ...more

By |2025-04-16T07:25:05-05:00April 15th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

California Highway Patrol (CHP) troopers recently caught an unusual semi truck fueling mishap at a scale house in Lebec. On April 15, CHP took to social media to call out a truck driver for a major “oops” moment at the Grapevine scale house located off of I-5.“Oops! Well, considering this diesel pump hose traveled the ...more

By |2025-04-16T07:25:11-05:00April 15th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide after running over a construction worker in West Virginia on Monday.  The accident happened on April 14th at about 11 a.m. at an Interstate 77/West Virginia Turnpike work zone south of Charleston, West Virginia. According to West Virginia Metro News, truck driver Anvar Sabirov failed to move ...more

By |2025-04-15T15:24:08-05:00April 15th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A New Jersey woman has admitted to stealing millions from her trucking company employer while working as a bookkeeper, officials say. Jeanette Avellan, 62, pleaded guilty to second-degree theft of movable property, third-degree failure to pay income taxes, and third-degree filing a fraudulent tax return, according to an April 14 statement from New Jersey Attorney ...more

By |2025-04-15T11:23:47-05:00April 15th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

Indiana State Police (ISP) released results from a “focused enforcement blitz” targeting trucks traveling on U.S. 30. ISP’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division (CVED) conducted the enforcement operation on April 11 on U.S. 30 from the Illinois state line to the Ohio state line.During the U.S. 30 enforcement effort, ISP troopers were focused on the following ...more

By |2025-04-16T11:26:55-05:00April 15th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A truck driver is hurt but doing okay after a crash into a 1929 building left him trapped inside of the truck cab.  The accident happened in the 900 block of Tallyrand Avenue in Jacksonville, Florida on Tuesday morning, April 15th. According to First Coast News, a traffic cam caught the semi truck hauling a flatbed ...more

By |2025-04-16T11:27:00-05:00April 15th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

The Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) has released the identities of eight people killed in a massive pileup on I-70 in March 2025. On Monday, April 14, KHP released a report naming the eight people killed in a March 14 pileup that occurred near Goodland, Kansas.See below for the identities of the crash victims: Larry Smith, ...more

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