Former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to run the Department of Transportation under his watch. The Trump transition team made the announcement Nov. 29. If confirmed by the Senate, Chao would succeed Anthony…
STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – House Speaker-elect J.D. Mesnard announced House Committees chairs and member assignments for Republican Members. Democratic Leader Rebecca Rios is expected to announce committee assignments for the Democratic Members in the near future. MONDAY PM Committee on…
FMCSA issued a notice on Nov. 22 informing the public and law enforcement authorities that, “in accordance with NAFTA and MCSIA, Mexican-domiciled motor carriers (lessors) are allowed to lease their equipment to U.S. motor carriers (lessees) regardless of the destination…
Direct link between East Valley and West Valley scheduled to open in 2019 PHOENIX – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request by Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway opponents for an emergency injunction pending appeal, a…
Earlier today, Judge Amos Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the changes to the so-called “white collar” overtime exemption that were set to go into effect on December…
This afternoon, Senate President Steve Yarbrough (R-Chandler) announced chairmen and the Republican members of Senate committees. Senate Minority Leader Hobbs (D-Phoenix) indicated the announcement of Democratic committee members will occur next week. The number of committees has been reduced from…
At the October 2016 Annual Meeting and Leadership Conference in Tucson, the Arizona Trucking Association (ATA) awarded Karen Rasmussen, President and CEO, HELP Inc., its prestigious Pioneer Award. When the Pioneer Award was established in 2006, the goal was to…
POLITICO By Lauren Gardner A federal appeals court has denied a trucking group's challenge to a revamped DOT rule mandating electronic logging devices on tractor-trailers. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association sued DOT in December 2015, arguing that FMCSA didn't adequately…
By Catherine Holland AZFamily.com The Gila River Indian Community is looking into its legal options in the wake of a federal judge’s ruling denying its request for an injunction to stop construction on the controversial Loop 202 expansion. The community…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a final rule amending its commercial driver’s license (CDL) regulations to ease the transition of military personnel into civilian careers driving commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) by…