This Saturday, November 20, 2021, Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS) will be hosting a CDL skills testing event at the Arden Hills, Plymouth and Alexandria Exam Stations. Commercial Driver’s License Skills Tests –…
DPS-DVS is offering appointments for commercial learner permit (CLP) holders to take their commercial driver’s license skills test When: Saturday, November 13, 2021. Location: Arden Hills Exam Station; Arden Hills, MN Commercial learner…
From EMA: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has granted a stay of OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), which was announced last Thursday, temporarily halting the requirement that employers with…
From EMA: Late Friday night, the House passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill (BIB), the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, by a vote of 228- 208 sending the bill to the President’s…
NACS today joined with a number of state and national trade associations in suing the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration over its COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard for employers with…
From NACS: Employers with 100 or more employees will need to ensure that they are vaccinated or tested weekly by January 4. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a requirement that employers with…
From NACS: Like other sectors of the economy, supply-chain issues on products and resources are a major issue for consumers, manufacturers, retailers and other businesses. And the same is true for the electric…
Mobile carriers are sunsetting 3G soon. Will your ELD be affected?Mobile carriers are shutting down their 3G networks to make room for more advanced network services, including 5G. As a result, many older…
Commercial Driver’s License Skills Tests – Special Event DPS-DVS is offering appointments for commercial learner permit (CLP) holders to take their commercial driver’s license skills test When: On Saturday, November 6. Location: Marshall,…
From DPS-DVS: DPS-DVS is offering appointments for commercial learner permit holders to take their commercial driver's license skills test on Saturday, October 30 and Sunday, October 31. Scheduling begins today. Commercial Driver’s License…
From Washington Post: California is set to become the first state in the country to phase out gas-powered lawn equipment. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Saturday that would require new small…
From EIA: In our latest Winter Fuels Outlook, we expect higher heating oil prices and a slightly colder winter compared with last year will contribute to households across the United States spending more on…
From NACS: Kwik Trip made the perfect backdrop for this couple’s new chapter. Love is eternal—especially when a couple’s love for a certain convenience store is involved. According to Insider Intelligence, a Wisconsin couple…
From NACS: Inflation predicted at 5.25% in December, a Wall Street Journal survey found. Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal expect supply chain bottlenecks and elevated inflation to persist well into next year and…
From NACS: The associations support efforts to boost inoculations but highlight ongoing labor challenges. The Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for companies with more than 100 employees will have “far-reaching consequences beyond the laudable objective of…
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced recently it is providing $26 million to build the infrastructure to expand the availability of higher blend renewable fuels at retail sites across the nation.…
The Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy and the National Corn Growers Association filed a legal petition in the D.C. Court of Appeals requesting a full nine judge panel review of the Court’s recent…
Health experts suggest getting the shot eight months after the original vaccine. Health experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 booster shots for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after receiving their second…
Twin Metals Minnesota said recently that it plans to rely almost exclusively on electric vehicles for its proposed underground copper-nickel mine near Ely. Using electric mining and support vehicles instead of diesel vehicles…
If Minnesotans are receiving unemployment benefits through Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) or Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), and are receiving an additional $300 a week on top of their regular unemployment benefits, the…