U.S. senators who were reluctant to push forward on a multiyear highway bill because of funding concerns say they are now committed to passing a long-term bill.

Truck owners in several states have opportunities to get free money for emissions upgrades. The latest round of federal diesel grant funding through DERA is making its way to state, regional and nonprofit agencies for dispersal to truck owners, including recent announcements for truck owners in Wisconsin and Missouri.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is holding a fifth listening session on the hours-of-service regulations Friday, March 26, at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY. The listening session will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., March 26, at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, South Wing, Room B101.

Next week, newsrooms all over the world - yes, world - will be abuzz with MATS madness. The Mid-America Trucking Show attracts trucking press from all over the globe. Along with the international gaggle of reporters and editors, OOIDA media will be pushing out show happenings and trucking news via multiple formats on multiple platforms on a multitude of devices.

On Wednesday, March 17, C. Bean filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11, listing the estimated number of creditors as between 200 and 999, and its estimated assets and liabilities as both being between $10,000,001 and $50 million.

The California Air Resources Board recently fined one California-based trucking business $23,000 for failing to comply with diesel emissions regulations.

With a new highway bill in the works in Congress, lobbyists and groups from every corner of transportation are lining up for a chunk of the pie. Associate Editor David Tanner says that while many transportation projects are worthwhile, a highway bill should focus on highways.