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Government, Business, Logistics

Minnesota Lawmakers Take Steps to Expand CDL Testing

student driver

New and current Minnesota truck drivers will have an easier time obtaining and renewing CDLs now that a state law that constrained third-party CDL testing opportunities has been eliminated.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
July 19, 2024
For-Hire, Top 100

An Immigrant’s Long Journey to Freedom Leads to Trucking

Lual Akoon and Rep. Judy Seeberger

Since coming to the U.S. from Sudan in 1999, Lual Akoon has built a new life for himself — as a trucker and an advocate, meeting with legislators and representing drivers nationwide.

Gary Frantz | Special to Transport Topics
June 21, 2024
Government, Business, Safety

Minnesota Adding 16 Truck Parking Spots Along Interstate 94

Big Spunk Lake Rest Area

Minnesota will add 16 truck parking spots at two eastbound rest areas along I-94 in an $81.5 million package of projects to improve the state’s freight network and address parking issues.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
March 20, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Minnesota Report Cautions Against Rush to EV Transition

Volvo truck charging

State lawmakers rushing to jump on the battery-electric vehicle bandwagon for longhaul trucks will create a web of operational roadblocks and other problems, a new report says. 

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
February 20, 2024
Business, Fuel, Logistics, Private

ADM Strikes Supply Deal for US Plant-Based Chemical Factory

ADM sign at office in Illinois

Archer Daniels Midland Co. has agreed to supply biochemical maker Solugen Inc. with raw materials needed to make plant-based acids at a plant to be built in southwest Minnesota.

Gerson Freitas Jr. | Bloomberg News
October 30, 2023
Government, Business, Fuel, TCA

Minnesota’s $1.3B Transportation Deal Includes Gas Tax Hike

Vehicles on a wet Minnesota road

Minnesota lawmakers on May 21 sent the governor a $1.3 billion deal that would index the gas tax to inflation and bolster the state's extensive transportation network.

Star Tribune
May 22, 2023
Government, Business

Campaign Seeks New Hires for Minnesota Trucking Industry

Minnesota tech students

To attract potential job seekers, the Minnesota Trucking Association Foundation has launched a  website and social media campaign showcasing many types of trucking industry careers.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
April 3, 2023
Government, Technology, Equipment

Minnesota’s Tim Walz Signs Catalytic Converter Law

Catalytic Converter

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation to crack down on catalytic converter theft in the state, the latest in a series of moves by state lawmakers to help residents combat what has become a nationwide problem.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
March 22, 2023
Government, Business, Safety

Rural Minnesota Freight Highway to Get $10 Million Face-Lift

US 212 Minnesota

A 90-year-old undivided two-lane freight corridor is getting a $10 million face-lift in a Minnesota agricultural belt where truckers, commuters and farmers cope with high crash rates and congestion.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
October 12, 2022
Government, Business

Minnesota Trucking Leaders Set Effort for Lawmakers to Meet With Local Fleets

Image

With state fleet leaders’ annual trip to the U.S. Capitol disrupted due to COVID-related visitation limits, the Minnesota Trucking Association is instead inviting federal leaders to meet trucking executives on their home turf.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
February 22, 2022

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