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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

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

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

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,

Shannon Newton President, ATA The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1 until Nov. 30, and as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted, this year’s season produced an above average number of storms. The devastation in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina resulted in washed away highways, disrupted businesses and halted supply chains of

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 OK. Raise your hand if it’s easy for you to find liability insurers beating down your door and competing for the opportunity to insure your trucks and drivers? Still

Shannon Newton President, ATA I’m sure you’ve noticed, it’s election season again. Even if you don’t own a calendar, incessant commercials signal it. Candidates smile up at us from postcards in mailboxes or stand with their families in front of flags on television screens to make the case for how they will bring us progress

Collaborating and problem solving with business leaders are among the chief responsibilities of my job as chancellor at the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College. It should come as no surprise that the issue that keeps rising to the top of those conversations is addressing the skilled labor shortage across industries and looking at the far-reaching