From MN DOT: Winter load increases will begin at 12:01AM on Friday, December 31, 2021 on unrestricted state highways in the Central frost zone. Read more here.
From EMA: Employee testing must begin by February 9, 2022. However, compliance may be stayed once again as a number of state attorney generals opposed to ETS have appealed the lifting of the…
From MN DOT: Winter load increases will begin at 12:01AM on Thursday, December 23, 2021 on unrestricted state highways in the North-Central frost zone. Read more here.
From NACS: The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit on Friday lifted the stay that was preventing OSHA's emergency rule from moving forward. The OSHA rule requires private-sector businesses with…
From OSHA: The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is gratified the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dissolved the Fifth Circuit's stay of the Vaccination and Testing ETS. OSHA can again…
From EMA: The White House sent a letter addressed to Corporate Executives and Business Leaders about the need to protect against malicious cyber activity before the holidays. Read more here.
From EMA: West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says he cannot support President Joe Biden’s sweeping social and climate spending bill, dooming the House-passed version of the bill and putting the rest of Biden’s…
Winter Truck Load Increases Begin December 18, 2021 for North Frost Zone Winter load increases will begin Saturday, Dec. 18, at 12:01 a.m. on unrestricted state highways in the north frost zone. Frost…
Commercial Driver’s License Skills Tests – Special Event Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS), Driver and Vehicles Services (DVS) DPS-DVS is offering appointments for commercial learner permit holders to take their commercial driver’s…
SMS Website, Clearinghouse Rule II, and Reminder to Complete Your Annual Query FMCSA Updates SMS Website FMCSA has updated the SMS Website with the November 26, 2021 results. Complete SMS results are available to…
The U.S. Department of Justice this week filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to deny a request by ethanol producers to review a decision by a lower federal…
NACS - The vote is a win for ETS opponents, but the resolution's future in the House remains uncertain. Recently, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health…
NACS - Businesses can't afford to lose employees in this tight labor market and busy holiday season. Walmart, Target and other large retailers have yet to mandate that their employees get COVID-19 vaccinations,…
The Magellan terminal located in Fargo, ND has notified the Minnesota Department of Commerce Weights and Measures Division that the terminal did not have biodiesel available for loading at the rack between 6:00…
From EIA: The average price that consumers paid at the pump for U.S. regular gasoline on the Monday before Thanksgiving this year was $3.40 per gallon (gal). This price is $1.29/gal (62%) higher…
From EMA: The White House said on Tuesday it would release millions of barrels of crude oil available from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to help reduce rising oil prices. The national…
From NACS: All legal challenges to the OSHA rule are now centralized with the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. The U.S. Justice Department filed an emergency court motion with the 6th U.S. Circuit…
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From CSP: The switch to electric vehicles (EVs) could render up to 80% of existing gas stations unprofitable in markets that move away from fossil fuels rapidly. That sobering statistic is according to research from the Boston Consulting…
From EMA: President Biden asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate prices at the pump, suggesting illegal conduct by the oil industry is the cause of the recent price spike. To support…