2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (556+ words) And while the issue of federal denial of some highway funding to California was not discussed extensively in the oral arguments, it too was in the background. That funding was withheld as a result of the dispute over California’s practices,…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (380+ words) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched a tip line for reporting suspected commercial driver’s license fraud, expanding the federal government’s escalating crackdown on alleged fraud and unsafe practices in the trucking industry. ICE announced Tuesday that its Homeland Security…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (618+ words) Texas authorities placed nearly half of the commercial vehicles inspected during a recent enforcement operation in the Permian Basin out of service, part of a series of truck-safety initiatives conducted across six states. The Texas Department of Public Safety conducted…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (307+ words) Two Mexican nationals were arrested and multiple firearms and a tractor-trailer were seized at a truck driving school in Nogales, Arizona, as federal authorities investigate suspected illegal hiring practices and cabotage violations. Homeland Security Investigations Arizona announced the arrests on…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (225+ words) CBP conducted the effort with local Stonegarden law-enforcement partners, according to its news release. Officials did not identify every participating agency or name individual arrest subjects. The release did not state whether every CDL holder drove a commercial vehicle at…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (413+ words) Federal transportation officials are removing more than 110 commercial driver training schools from a federal registry and targeting another 160-plus schools for removal as part of a sweeping new crackdown on fraud in the trucking industry. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (733+ words) The liability case involving parts of the Penske network of companies that has bounced from a federal court in Texas to a Penske loss at the appellate level is being viewed by two key industry associations as so important it…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (327+ words) Border Patrol and Hidalgo County deputies found 20 people inside a tractor-trailer at an Edinburg, Texas, truck stop. A K-9 response followed a report about suspicious commercial equipment. Officers took the driver into custody immediately. Authorities conducted the joint operation Aug. 20. U.S. Border…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (888+ words) A coalition of states scored another legal victory Thursday when a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from obtaining state-owned records containing personal information on millions of commercial driver’s license holders. U.S. District Judge Anthony…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (283+ words) The U.S. subsidiary of France-based contract logistics provider ID Logistics Group SA has agreed to pay $2.36 million to resolve allegations that it improperly obtained a Paycheck Protection Program loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration during the Covid crisis for which it…...