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Flipping the Script: How Scott Smith built PS Logistics by putting drivers first

Most trucking companies chase the customer first and figure the drivers will fall in line.

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Is Litigation Funding Slowly Eroding?

One Big Thing The funding model is cracking. On Monday, Ohio started requiring litigation funders

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Gov. Ivey declares state of emergency, eases trucking regulations ahead of Hurricane Isaias

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey declared a state of emergency Wednesday, Oct. 7, for 40 counties

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A Driving Force: ATA Golf Classic powers trucking’s voice in Alabama ahead of midterms

Traditionally among the most successful political fundraisers in the state, this year’s event raised $481,500

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Print, meet pixels: Advertise in Alabama Trucker and on Alabama Trucking News

Want your company in front of Alabama’s trucking decision-makers all year? Ad orders for all

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Trump order offers temporary relief for highway use of dyed diesel: What truckers need to know before filling up

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Motus Misery Meets its Match? FMCSA promises fixes and a crackdown on ELD self-certification

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New cargo theft scheme exposed: What carriers and brokers can do to protect themselves

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Alabama’s new highway safety law takes effect today

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Flipping the Script: How Scott Smith built PS Logistics by putting drivers first

Most trucking companies chase the customer first and figure the drivers will fall in line.

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Gov. Ivey declares state of emergency, eases trucking regulations ahead of Hurricane Isaias

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey declared a state of emergency Wednesday, Oct. 7, for 40 counties

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A Driving Force: ATA Golf Classic powers trucking’s voice in Alabama ahead of midterms

Traditionally among the most successful political fundraisers in the state, this year’s event raised $481,500

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Is Litigation Funding Slowly Eroding?

One Big Thing The funding model is cracking. On Monday, Ohio started requiring litigation funders to register with the state. Then House Bill 105 took effect October 6, 2026, banning funders from influencing

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Trump order offers temporary relief for highway use of dyed diesel: What truckers need to know before filling up

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Alabama’s new highway safety law takes effect today

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Gov. Ivey, ALEA ease enforcement of dyed fuel for ag and timber industries during harvest season

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Safety & Maintenance News

Gov. Ivey declares state of emergency, eases trucking regulations ahead of Hurricane Isaias

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey declared a state of emergency Wednesday, Oct. 7, for 40 counties as Hurricane Isaias approaches the Gulf Coast, providing regulatory relief for motor carriers involved in

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Trump order offers temporary relief for highway use of dyed diesel: What truckers need to know before filling up

Red diesel is all the talk right now, but caution is the real buzzword. President Trump signed an executive order on Oct. 5 that temporarily lets truckers run off-road diesel, which carries

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Motus Misery Meets its Match? FMCSA promises fixes and a crackdown on ELD self-certification

If you’ve ever fought with FMCSA’s Motus registration system, you can stop yelling at the screen. FMCSA knows it’s been rough, and they’re promising fixes within the next several weeks.

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New cargo theft scheme exposed: What carriers and brokers can do to protect themselves

Why break into a trailer when you can buy the whole trucking company for $22,000? That was the playbook, and a California jury just shut it down. As FreightWaves reported,

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Alabama’s new highway safety law takes effect today

The Trucking Resurgence continues this week, with Alabama’s Highway Safety and Fairness Act taking effect Thursday, Oct. 1, giving state officers new penalties tied to commercial driver documentation and English

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Gov. Ivey, ALEA ease enforcement of dyed fuel for ag and timber industries during harvest season

With the U.S. national average for a gallon reaching a record high of $6.53 this week, Governor Kay Ivey has directed the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to ease enforcement

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Trucking Culture

Flipping the Script: How Scott Smith built PS Logistics by putting drivers first

Most trucking companies chase the customer first and figure the drivers will fall in line. In building one of the industry’s largest and most successful trucking businesses, Scott Smith and

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Per Diem Decoded: Who gets the trucker tax break, and how it works

Ask ten truckers how per diem works and you’ll get eleven answers, at least three of them from a guy at the Love’s who swears he read it somewhere. With

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On the Road Again: Honoring those who keep America moving

Every day, long before many of you begin your morning routines, millions of professional truck

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Alabama Trucking sings the praises of America’s 3.6 Million Truck Drivers this Appreciation Week

For the second consecutive year, the Alabama Trucking Association is celebrating National Truck Driver Appreciation

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108 Reasons to Be Proud: Record class joins IFDA Hall of Fame this week

Twenty-five years without a chargeable accident. Twenty-five years of continuous service. Zero moving violations in

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Press Releases

Alabama Trucking Endorses Katherine Robertson for Attorney General

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Trucking industry partnership reports major progress in removing bad actors and improving highway safety

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That’s a wrap! Alabama Trucking launches new rolling ad campaign featuring wrapped trailers

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Alabama voters go to the polls tomorrow, time to get out the trucking vote

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Supreme Court Ruling Complements Trucking Resurgence Efforts

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Special Announcements

Gov. Ivey declares state of emergency, eases trucking regulations ahead of Hurricane Isaias

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Print, meet pixels: Advertise in Alabama Trucker and on Alabama Trucking News

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State trucking leaders to tackle legislative priorities, legal reform at ReFuel Conference

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FMCSA temporarily extends driving hours for fuel haulers

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The Alabama Trucker The Alabama Trucker Latest Edition Our cover story spotlights Charlie Salter, Alabama Trucking’s Driver of the Year, whose 36 years of accident-free driving reflect a career built

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