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Nov 27, 2025
📦 Maryland Wants to Dump Its Trash in Virginia — But Not Everyone’s Having It
👃 Trash Talk Just Got Real Between the States Maryland’s Montgomery County is sitting on a stinky decision: keep burning garbage at its local incinerator
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Nov 27, 2025
🚨 CDL Crackdown: Safety Rules or Job Killer?
🛑 New CDL Proposals Aim at Safety — But Hit Truckers Where It Hurts There's a new set of rules on the table, and while they’re wrapped in the good ol’
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Nov 27, 2025
Dump‑Truck Owner Accused of $2.4 M Fraud — When Hauling Meets High Stakes
Intro: When Your Rig Isn’t Just Carrying Dirt — It’s Carrying Risk A busted dump‑truck hauling gig turned into federal charges when a truck owner got
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Nov 27, 2025
🎄 Laid Off Before Christmas? What the Holiday Freight Freeze Really Means for Truckers
🎁 Not So Merry: Layoffs Are Hitting Hard — Right Before the Holidays It’s supposed to be peak season in trucking — freight flying, loads stacked, and
Nov 27, 2025
194,000 Truckers On the Chopping Block? The Real Story Behind the CDL Crackdown
Intro: Is This a Safety Move... or a Sneaky Layoff? Imagine waking up to find out your CDL might not be valid anymore—not because you wrecked, not because
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Nov 27, 2025
EPA Rules Freezing Out Truckers? Lawmakers Say Enough Is Enough
Intro: When Clean Air Rules Leave You Stranded Imagine hauling through a frozen mountain pass, miles from the next town, and suddenly… your truck shuts
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Nov 26, 2025
🚨 CDL Medical Fraud and Highway Safety Crisis – What Every Trucker Needs to Know
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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Nov 26, 2025
Easterling Trucking is Here: What New Fleets Mean for the Industry (and You)
Notice Filed. Engines On. Game Time for a New Trucking Company. A public notice just dropped — short, clean, and legal: “Notice is hereby given that
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Nov 26, 2025
Trucker Could Face Life After Allegedly Shooting at Pickup With Toddler Inside
From CB Radio Beef to Federal Courtroom Drama This one ain’t your usual fender-bender. According to federal prosecutors, a semi-truck driver is accused
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Nov 26, 2025
Pima County’s New Dust Rule Has Truckers Raising Dust of Their Own
When Regulations Cross the Line Into Ridiculous In sunny, dusty Pima County, Arizona, local officials have passed a new dust control ordinance that’s
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Nov 26, 2025
Ellensburg Doctor Busted: Fake CDL Exams and Drug Scheme Rock Trucking World
The Medical Examiner Who Went Rogue In a story that sounds more like a Netflix drama than real life, a doctor in Ellensburg, Washington is now at the
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Nov 26, 2025
Blockades Across Mexico Jam Up Trade — But Laredo Rolls On
Trucks Stopped Cold... Except in One Spot All across Mexico, things are heating up faster than a brake drum on a steep downgrade. Farmers and truckers
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Nov 26, 2025
CDL Instructors Misclassified? New Jersey Trucking School Ordered to Pay $345K
When Training the Next Generation Becomes Cutting Corners In New Jersey, a trucking school just learned the hard way that calling your employees “independent
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Nov 25, 2025
🚛 What Every Trucker Should Know This Week: ECM Thefts, Industry Shifts & Legal Shakeups
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
Nov 25, 2025
Law-Abiding Truckers Spark 3-Day Wyoming Blitz: Here’s the Real Reason It Happened
Intro – When the Good Guys Say “Enough’s Enough” You ever see someone blowing past the scale, running bald tires, or skipping their ELD logs like it’s
Nov 25, 2025
100-Year-Old Trucking Firm P. Judge Goes Bankrupt — What Drivers Need to Know
Intro – Old School, Out of Business P. Judge, a family-run logistics company with more than a century under its belt, has officially filed for bankruptcy.
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Nov 25, 2025
Pennsylvania Logistics Firm Hauls $25M Investment Into Buffalo — Here’s What It Means for Truckers
A Pennsylvania-based logistics company just made a power move — and it might shift how freight flows in the Northeast. WavePoint 3PL is rolling out a $25
Nov 25, 2025
CDL Showdown: Trump Admin vs. Pennsylvania Over Immigrant Trucker Licenses
The Trump administration is making waves again — this time targeting the trucking world. At the center of it? Commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) for immigrants
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Nov 25, 2025
Why ECM Thefts Are a Growing Nightmare for Truckers
When someone sneaks into your parked rig at 3 a.m., takes the brains out of your engine and leaves you stranded—well, that’s exactly what’s happening across
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Nov 25, 2025
140+ Undocumented Truck Drivers Arrested: What Operation Midway Blitz Means for the Industry
Intro – When Trucking Meets Border Crackdowns Over 140 undocumented truck drivers were arrested during Operation Midway Blitz, a multi-agency sting led
Nov 24, 2025
🚛 DOT Crackdown, High-Risk Hauls & Future Tech: Trucker News Roundup
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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Nov 24, 2025
Carrier Sentiment in the Gutter? Blame These Flat Rates
Intro: You Ain’t Crazy — The Numbers ARE Flat If you’re a fleet owner or an owner-operator wondering why things feel tight, you’re not alone. The air
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Nov 24, 2025
🚨 DOT Declares War on “Chameleon Carriers” — Here’s What Every Trucker Needs to Know
Introduction: The feds ain't playing anymore Ever heard of a carrier that “goes out of business” on Friday and is back in operation Monday under a brand-new
Nov 24, 2025
Shots Fired at Gold Ore Trucks: When Hauling Turns into High-Risk
Introduction: This Ain’t Just Another Load Imagine rolling down the Richardson Highway, minding your business, hauling heavy. You’re not running high-speed,
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Nov 24, 2025
🚨 Truck Recall Round-Up: What You Don’t Know CAN Park You
Introduction: Not All Rattles Come From the Road It ain’t just potholes and crazy four-wheelers trying to take you out — sometimes, the danger's hiding
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Nov 24, 2025
🚨 Colorado Chain Law Crackdown: Roll Right or Get Rolled On
Intro: Welcome to the Mountain Game, Driver If you’re heading into Colorado this season, best buckle up, chain up, and wise up — because the Colorado
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Nov 24, 2025
🚚 Pony AI Unveils Gen‑4 Autonomous Trucks — Big Tech Meets Long Haul
Intro: The Future Just Tapped the Cab Door Hey Your Name, buckle in. The big leagues of trucking tech just got a whole lot bigger. Pony AI has announced
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Nov 23, 2025
🚛 Breaking Down the Giants, the Glory, and the Grit of Trucking
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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Nov 23, 2025
Truckers, Showers & Steak: 10 Friendly Stops Near Gurnee, IL
🛣️ INTRO – GURNEE’S GOTTA GIFT THE ROLLING NATION Let’s be honest. If you're a trucker rolling through northern Illinois, it can feel like the options
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Nov 23, 2025
Hauling Holiday Magic: Arizona Trucker Delivers the Capitol Christmas Tree
Introduction Forget Amazon deliveries. The most important load this season is a 53-foot red fir tree named “Silver Belle,” and it's being hauled 3,000
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