In The News

• State employee hears thousands of cranky calls

  By Joe Edwards - The Trucker News Services
  Posted May 3rd 2010 5:04AM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Amanda Tidwell has a Smiley Face sticker on her computer at work. For sure, she needs to be...

• Pilot pleads guilty to selling nationally marketed drug test drink

  By Charlie Morasch, staff writer - Land Line
  Posted May 3rd 2010 4:54AM

  A commercial pilot has pleaded guilty to selling drink mixes online to help users beat federal drug tests. Stephen ...

• Michigan adopts TWD ban; Georgia, Wisconsin near passage of rule

  By Keith Goble, state legislative editor - Land Line
  Posted May 3rd 2010 4:42AM

  Texting while driving is already a no-no for truckers. A new law in Michigan prohibits all drivers from the distracti...

• Hours rules lifted for oil spill

  By Jill Dunn - eTrucker.com
  Posted May 3rd 2010 4:28AM

  Federal officials temporarily have lifted hours-of-service rules for haulers of some emergency supplies to four sout...

• Employee compensation index up 0.6 percent in first quarter

  By Martin Crutsinger - The Associated Press
  Posted Apr 30th 2010 5:01AM

  WASHINGTON  — Employment costs rose modestly in the first quarter, reflecting an acceleration in the cost...