The Arkansas Trucking Association is now accepting nominations for the Arkansas Road Team, seeking professional truck drivers who exemplify safety, professionalism and community engagement to serve as ambassadors for the trucking industry. As the Arkansas Road Team celebrates its 10th anniversary, the program continues to serve as the public face of Arkansas’s trucking industry. Since […]
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Grand Champions Announced for State Trucking Championship Arkansas Trucking Association has awarded nine professional truck drivers and two technicians with top prizes at the 2025 Arkansas Trucking Championship. The written and hands-on competitions brought together 140 of the best drivers and 42 of the top technicians in the state for a demonstration of safety, knowledge,
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LITTLE ROCK, ARK. –The Arkansas Trucking Association is pleased to announce Trey Riley of Monticello as the 2025 recipient of the Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship Fund. Riley is a recent graduating senior of Monticello High School and will receive $7,500 to pursue training for a career in medium/heavy duty truck technology. “The backbone of America’s
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Shannon Newton President, ATA It’s that season again. Not allergy season or hunting season—graduation season. The time of mortarboard squares, inspirational speeches and fresh futures sprawled out before young achievers marching to “Pomp and Circumstance,” but lurking beneath the celebration lurks a phenomenon we’ve all experienced: senioritis. We recognize it instantly—that strange cocktail of anticipation
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LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – The Arkansas Trucking Association commended the Arkansas Legislature for passing HB1745 to uphold the standards and privileges afforded to commercial truck drivers. The legislation passed the Senate unanimously last week, and this afternoon, the House approved an amendment to clarify language and codify the federal English language proficiency requirement for commercial
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Ed. Note: A version of this op-ed was previously published in the April 13 edition of the Washington Times. A few short years ago, headlines were dominated by supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic. Who can forget the long lines wrapped around grocery stores or the frantic search to locate toilet paper rolls? Yet,
Shannon Newton President, ATA There was once a familiar phrase we’d use with an audible sigh: “the speed of government.” It conveyed a universal truth—bureaucracy has a slow roll. Forms require signatures in triplicate, proposals need approvals from multiple offices and processes include periods for public input. It is frustrating yet predictable, a system that
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LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – The Arkansas Trucking Association commended the Arkansas Legislature for passing a comprehensive package of bills targeting organized retail crime, including Act 322, which significantly strengthens penalties for cargo theft across the state. The organized retail crime package, sponsored by Sen. Ben Gilmore (R-Crossett) and Rep. Jeremiah Moore (R-Clarendon) and championed by the
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