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A recent tax credit in Minnesota will make it easier for veterans to get the CDL training they need to be hired by trucking companies, according to Hometown Source, a news source covering Minnesota.

Trucking companies can learn about some of the newest innovations in fleet management while attending the National Truck Equipment Association's Work Truck Show, which is taking place at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis on March 6-8.

The American Trucking Associations recently announced the filing of an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, declaring its support for truck driving safety and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's defense of electronic logging devices.

An internet-based driver school recently announced a Compliance, Safety, Accountability training program, which will give drivers with CDL training the opportunity to learn about ways to improve truck driving safety, as well as other issues in the trucking industry.

Helping drivers exercise truck driving safety is the American Council of Frame and Alignment Specialists, which is holding a two-day clinic that will help trucking companies with innovative ways to repair their vehicles, reported Heavy Duty Trucking magazine.

According to a blog post from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, there are a record number of trucks in Texas hauling overweight and oversize loads, due to the ease of the permitting process for these loads.

Rewarding some of the top companies that exercise best practices in truck driving safety, First Guard Insurance Company recently announced the winners of its 2011 Fleet Safety Awards.

Trucking company Southeastern Freight Lines, based in Lexington, South Carolina, recently purchased a 25-acre tract in Ouachita Parish's new Charleston Industrial Park in Louisiana, where it plans to build a regional terminal, reported the Monroe News-Star.

Land Line magazine recently reported the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is pushing legislators to redefine the term "tank vehicle" because the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration changed the definition in a recently updated set of industry rules.

According to The News of Cumberland County, a local university in New Jersey recently announced it is offering a 6-week course that provides the necessary instruction for a driver to earn CDL training to become a member of the trucking industry.