Ohio
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Equipment
New life for Lordstown? Workhorse in talks to acquire shuttered GM facility
GM closed its Lordstown Complex on March 5, 2019, but it could see new life as the company is negotiating…
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Canada
Kenworth and Chillicothe proving that American manufacturing is alive and well
Chillicothe has a long history in the state, but in the past 45 years, it is the local Kenworth factory…
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Equipment
Kenworth expanding Chillicothe plant by nearly 25 percent with $140M paint facility addition
Kenworth will increase the size its Chillicothe, Ohio, manufacturing plant by nearly 25 percent once a new paint facility comes…
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Canada
More states take up two-person crew legislation
Add Ohio and Washington state to the list of states where leaders are debating whether to require freight railroads to…
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News
Today’s Pickup: Taxing times in Ohio; YRC’s rank-and-file get ready to rumble
Ohio raises diesel and gasoline taxes; YRC’s rank and file get their hands on a new collective bargaining agreement; Uber’s…
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Driver issues
Hours-of-service regulations lifted for historic Midwest flooding relief efforts
Heavy snow melt and rains have caused historic flooding in 16 states and the FMCSA has lifted certain regulations as…
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Driver issues
Trucks Park Here, a multi-state parking info initiative, hits the road
The states are at different points in their adoption of the program, but some of them are showing the way…
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News
Ohio crops doing well despite bad weather: freight volume may pick up soon
Soybeans and corn are pretty big crops in Ohio. After a drought scare earlier this year, growers have been rebounding…
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Autonomous Trucking
Ohio moves forward on autonomous, but public still needs assurance
John Kasich signed an executive order in May that will allow companies to test autonomous vehicles on all public roads…
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