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Dec 17, 2025
🚨 Rail Merger Madness: Is Big Business About to Steamroll Truckers (Again)?
Introduction – Another Day, Another Billion-Dollar Deal Look, we all know how the story goes: two massive companies shake hands in a backroom deal,
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Dec 17, 2025
PGT Just Bought a 67-Year-Old Kansas Carrier – What It Means for the Rest of Us
Another Old-School Fleet Gets Swallowed in the Name of “Expansion” PGT Trucking just made a big move — acquiring a 67-year-old Kansas-based trucking company
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Dec 17, 2025
Fuel Crisis or Cold Excuse? Hours-of-Service Waivers Hit the Northeast
Truckers Called In to Save the Day — Again Winter’s barely settled in, and already parts of the Northeast are cracking under the weight of the cold. So
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Dec 17, 2025
Self-Driving Truck Showdown: Aurora vs. the Teamsters Union
🤖 Introduction: No Driver, No Deal? In the latest twist on the road to automation, Aurora’s CEO just told the Teamsters: “No thanks.” The union had demanded
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Dec 17, 2025
New York’s “Hidden Toll Tax” – Why Truckers Are Sounding the Alarm on This 1% Fee
This Ain’t Just a New York Problem – It’s a Trucker Wake-Up Call You ever notice how government loves to slip in fees while nobody’s looking? Well, they
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Dec 17, 2025
Lawsuit Over EV Charging Funds Could Stall Trucking’s Electric Future
🔌 Introduction: When politics jams your charging station If you thought delays at the fuel island were bad, wait ‘til you hear this one. Sixteen states
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Dec 17, 2025
🚨 Teamsters vs. Titans: Why a $85 Billion Rail Merger Might Just Jack Up Trucking
Union Pacific + Norfolk Southern = Trouble? So here’s the setup: Two of the biggest freight rail giants — Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern — are trying
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Dec 16, 2025
The Fusable Advantage & 5 More Must-Know Trucking Updates (No Fluff)
This blog post breaks down key takeaways from a video that pulls together tips from multiple articles. Each section links to the full article so you
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Dec 16, 2025
🚨 FMCSA Plans to Flip the Script on Trucking Safety in 2026
Old School Safety Ain’t Cutting It Anymore – And FMCSA Knows It FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs just put the industry on notice: the old way of doing
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Dec 16, 2025
📰 Arkansas Trucking Update: Vol. 30 Issue 5 — What Drivers Need to Know (No Fluff)
Introduction: Same Old News or the Start of Big Change? The latest edition of Arkansas Trucking Report (Vol. 30, Issue 5) drops a mix of policy, politics,
Dec 16, 2025
🔟 Top 10 Reasons Commercial Trucking Professionals Choose Fusable
The tech that’s winning over fleet managers, owner-ops, and drivers coast to coast. Introduction: The Road’s Changing — Are You Ready? In today’s trucking
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Dec 16, 2025
🚨 Another Trucking Company Collapses — 600 Drivers Laid Off Overnight
Why this keeps happening, how it affects YOU, and what every trucker should be doing right now. Introduction: Déjà Vu on Diesel Another week, another
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Dec 16, 2025
🚨 The Evidence That Wins Trucking Injury Cases
What lawyers look for, what drivers need to know, and how to protect your future. Introduction: When the Truck Stops, the Fight Starts You never think
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Dec 16, 2025
🚨 Texas Trucking Accidents & House Bill 19: What Every Driver Needs to Know
Why lawyers are mad, companies are smiling, and what it means for YOU behind the wheel. Introduction: Texas Just Flipped the Script If you’re driving
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Dec 15, 2025
🚨 CDL Chaos, Under-21 Debate, and 350,000 Plates a Year — What’s Really Happening in Trucking?
This ain’t your typical trucking news roundup. We’re throwing on Hervy’s “Report Better News” sauce and digging deeper — past the headlines, into what
Dec 15, 2025
Is trucking a great career for 2026
The truth? Trucking’s not dead — but it’s definitely changed. And if you’re not changing with it, you’ll get run over. Look, I’ve been in the game
Dec 15, 2025
🚨 CDL Scandal: New York Becomes 8th State Caught in Immigrant Licensing Mess
Intro: Another Day, Another DMV Disaster — And Truckers Take the Hit Just when you thought the system might be getting its act together, here we go again...
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Dec 15, 2025
🚨 Tragedy on the Turnpike: Man Killed by Tractor-Trailer in Tamiami — Who’s Really at Risk Out There?
Intro: Another Life Lost, Another Truck Driver Traumatized It happened early one Saturday morning. A man, trying to cross the southbound lanes of Florida’s
Dec 15, 2025
🍳 Inside the Kitchen That Feeds America’s Road Warriors: How the World’s Biggest Truck Stop Makes 350,000 Meals a Year
Intro: This Ain’t Just a Truck Stop — It’s a Trucker's Town You ever roll into a place so legendary, you almost feel like you should take your hat off?
Dec 15, 2025
🛣️ House Bill Could Let Under‑21 Drivers Haul Interstate — Game-Changer or Road Hazard?
Intro: Age Ain’t Nothing but a DOT Number? Imagine this: you're 19 years old, fresh outta CDL school, hauling freight from El Paso to Houston — no problem.
Dec 15, 2025
🔥 Battery Farm Battle in New Milford: Clean Energy or Quiet Catastrophe?
Intro: When Green Energy Meets Small-Town Pushback Just when you thought New Milford, Connecticut was your average sleepy town with winding roads and
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Dec 14, 2025
What the Heck Is Going On in Trucking? 6 Real Stories You Need to Know (That Ain’t on Mainstream News)
This ain’t your granddaddy’s trucking update. We pulled together six recent stories shaking up the trucking world — from legal crackdowns to bathroom
Dec 14, 2025
🚨 Strange Bedfellows: States Say Freight Brokers Aren’t Protected by ‘Safety Exception’
This Courtroom Showdown Could Flip Broker Power on Its Head In a surprising twist that’s got brokers sweating and carriers cheering (maybe), a group of
Dec 14, 2025
🚨 Still Waiting: Truckers Stuck at Facility Even After OSHA Complaint
OSHA Got the Call — But the Waiting Ain’t Over Last week, a truck driver took the bold step of reporting a warehouse facility to OSHA over excessive wait
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Dec 14, 2025
💸 Trucking’s Economic Squeeze: The Bigger Picture Behind the Headlines
📉 Freight Rates Are Still in the Basement Spot market rates have been in the gutter since early 2023. Fuel costs went up. Insurance went up. Maintenance
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Dec 14, 2025
🚨 Trucking Company Busted for DOT Fraud – Feds Roll In
The Feds Just Rolled the Logs — And They Didn’t Like What They Saw Welp… another day, another crooked carrier gettin’ caught. A federal investigation
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Dec 14, 2025
CDL Scandal: Feds Say New York Botched Over Half Its CDL Licenses
Wait... Did New York Really Screw Up THAT Many CDLs? Yep. According to a federal audit, more than 50% of the non-domiciled CDLs (that’s licenses given
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Dec 14, 2025
Freight Rail Is Dirtier Than Coal? What That Means for Trucking
Wait, What? Freight Rail Is Out-Polluting Coal? You read that right. A fresh Reuters investigation just revealed that U.S. freight rail now spews more
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Dec 11, 2025
Trucking News You Won’t See on TV: From Blizzard Battles to Backdoor Fees
This blog post breaks down key takeaways from a video that pulls together tips from multiple articles. Each section links to the full article so you
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Dec 11, 2025
❄️ Blizzard Threat in Central Iowa: Truckers Hit the Brakes Before the Roads Do
🌨️ Introduction: When the Forecast Says “Nope” You ever look at a weather map and instantly know it’s time to shut it down? That’s what’s happening in
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