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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LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – For the ninth year, the Arkansas Trucking Association plans to award scholarships of up to $7,500 to students interested in pursuing careers as medium- and heavy-duty truck technicians. Scholarship applications are being accepted now through April 4, 2025, and are available at arkansastrucking.com/scholarship. “The Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship has invested $97,500
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Shannon Newton President, ATA In a few weeks, the Arkansas Legislature will begin their general session – a time when industry leaders and stakeholders fill the halls of the Capitol, each carrying proposals, concerns and hopes for new legislation. But before the serious work begins, before the committees convene and votes are cast, we had
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Raise your hand if your trucking liability insurance premiums have been plummeting to record lows over the last few years? Looks around for any raised hands Freight fraud is not merely a challenge for the logistics industry; it is a growing crisis that threatens national economic security. Each year, fraudulent practices such as double brokering,
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