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Neal Kedzie will become president of the Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association as of July 1, the trucking organization announced. He will succeed Tom Howells, who is retiring.

The propane industry has asked the federal government for a waiver of hours-of-service rules for truck drivers in the Midwest and northeastern United States who are hauling the gas.

More than 426,000 commercial motor carriers have enrolled in the PrePass weigh station safety screening system, an all-time high level of participation, HELP Inc., PrePass’ service provider, said Tuesday.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Transportation Security Administration have conducted several dozen overlapping fleet inspections, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report about wasteful and duplicative federal programs.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has appointed three new members to its Medical Review Board.

PHOENIX — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is making several changes in its soon-to-be-implemented overhaul of truck safety standards as a result of industry comments, Administrator Anne Ferro told Transport Topics.

PHOENIX — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking ahead to a number of rules focused on driver health and fitness in the next year or two, after the agency completes its spate of mandatory regulations, Administrator Anne Ferro said last week.