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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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Dec 11, 2025
Heartland Express Rebrands CFI: What It Really Means for Truckers
The name might change, but the pressure on drivers? That’s still heavy. You’ve probably seen the headlines: Heartland Express is officially rebranding
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Dec 11, 2025
🚨 Wilson Logistics Wants More Wiggle Room on CDL Permit Rules – Should FMCSA Say Yes?
👀 Intro: The CDL Loophole That Could Help or Hurt Trucking You know how long it takes to get a new driver fully road-ready? Between paperwork, tests,
Dec 11, 2025
Trucker Dies After Road Rage Brawl in West Hartford: What We’re Missing in These Headlines
This ain’t just about tempers — it’s about the pressure cooker drivers live in every day. The roads of West Hartford became the scene of tragedy this
Dec 11, 2025
🚨 Trucker Fury Over New York’s Backdoor Thruway Fee – What They’re Not Telling You
💥 Introduction: The 1% That Pushed Truckers Too Far You ever notice how when politicians say, “This won’t cost you much,” it ends up hitting your wallet
Dec 11, 2025
ICE Crackdown on Tucson Trucking Company: What They’re Not Telling You
When the feds come knockin’, it ain’t for a coffee and a donut. This week, ICE agents rolled deep into a Tucson trucking company parked along the infamous
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Dec 10, 2025
🗣️ Why Truckers Speaking Up Now Might Be the Only Thing That Saves the Industry
This ain’t your regular “industry update” post. This is a full-throttle, diesel-fueled wake-up call. Truckers are finally being asked to show up and
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Dec 10, 2025
🚧 New Board Member at ITS America — What It Means for Truckers
👤 Who Got Appointed? Brad Wieferich, director of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), was just appointed to the ITS America Board of Directors.
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Dec 10, 2025
Aurora’s Self-Driving Trucks Are Gearing Up to Hit the Highway – Should You Be Worried or Pumped?
Self-driving trucks used to feel like sci-fi. Now? They’re staging up like they just pulled into the TA parking lot ready to roll. 🚛💨 Aurora Innovation
Dec 10, 2025
🚨 Two Minnesota Carriers Shut Down Overnight — Nearly 200 Drivers Left Stranded
👀 Another Day, Another Shutdown — But This One Hits Different You wake up, check your messages, and boom — the company’s gone. That’s exactly what happened
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Dec 10, 2025
Truck Parking, Freight Gridlock & Government Promises — Are We Finally Getting the Help We Deserve?
If you’ve ever circled a Walmart at midnight lookin’ for a safe spot to crash, or sat at a busted dock for five hours because the yard guy “didn’t see
Dec 10, 2025
Crackdown Time: Trucking Groups Go After Fraud & Fake Fleets in New National Plan
We’ve all seen it — the ghost MCs, double-brokering games, and fleets that pop up with five trucks on paper but only a laptop and a burner phone in real
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Dec 10, 2025
Why Truckers Are Finally Being Asked to Speak Up — And Why It Matters
👀 Wait… They Want Drivers at a Safety Summit? Yup. You read that right. For once, a safety event ain't just a bunch of pencil-pushers and highway cowboys
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Dec 09, 2025
Spot Market Spike or Sugar High? Why Truckers Should Cash In Now But Stay Woke
This ain’t your average market update — this is Report Better News, where we break it down for real, not just regurgitate headlines. If you’re out there
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Dec 09, 2025
🚨 One Crash, One Policy Failure — Why Trucking Safety Ain’t Optional Anymore
US-6 turned deadly. Now safety advocates are calling out what really caused it — and it's not just “bad luck.” Last week, tragedy struck on US Route 6
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Dec 09, 2025
🚛 Spot Market's Getting Hot: Are Truckload Rates About to Take Off?
The holidays ain't the only thing peaking — spot rates just jumped 8% In the middle of all the “doom and gloom” headlines about freight recessions, job
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Dec 09, 2025
🚨 Big Crackdown on CDL Schools — And Drivers Will Pay the Price
Thousands of schools could shut down. New truckers? Blocked. Owner-ops? Stuck. Industry? Shook. While most folks are arguing about fuel prices and freight
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Dec 09, 2025
💸 Purple Wave: Trucking’s Best Kept Secret (Until Now)
If you're still buying equipment the old way, you're missing deals and burning time. If you’re in trucking and you haven’t heard of Purple Wave, this
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Dec 09, 2025
🚨 CRST Layoffs Hit Cedar Rapids – What It Means for Truckers Nationwide
💔 Losing Jobs, Losing Sleep – What’s Really Going On? In another blow to the trucking world, CRST just announced national layoffs that will hit their
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Dec 09, 2025
💪 $15,000 Donation to Help Truckers in Crisis — And Why It Matters More Than Ever
🚛 A Ray of Light for Drivers Who Need It Most In a world where headlines are all layoffs and rate cuts, here’s one that hits different: A trucking foundation
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Dec 08, 2025
ELDs, Detention Pay & The Great Trucking Shakeup: What Drivers Need 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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Dec 08, 2025
🛑 The Great Trucking Reset: 750,000 Seats About to Flip
📉 Introduction – The Quiet Storm No One’s Talking About The signs are everywhere — rates dropping, regulations tightening, automation creeping, and massive
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