DOL Withdraws Controversial Obama-Era Independent Contractor Guidance

Federal Register notice quietly reveals a 2.5 million-hour reduction in burden estimates, while the private sector exposes a marking shell game that regulators struggle to contain...

FMCSA has issued a Regional Emergency Declaration providing temporary hours-of-service (HOS) relief for certain motor carriers and drivers due to severe winter storms and extreme cold impacting multiple states. This waiver supports urgent winter emergency response...

Chinese companies operate our port terminals, manufacture our cranes, track our military cargo, and own farmland next to our air bases. So why isn't anyone asking who's actually driving the trucks hauling DOD freight?

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Mark Schremmer The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s soft launch of its new registration system, Motus, is underway. However, no action is required from motor carriers at this time. Instead, the initial phase – which FMCSA said went live on Monday, Dec. 8...