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Freight distribution systems can be optimized electronically no matter what the size of the trucking or shipping company, a pair of experts told the Oct. 26 general session of the ATA Management Conference.

A congressional subcommittee is looking into the role of national Teamsters in the 1995 election of Gov. Paul Patton.

Union Pacific Railroad expects to hire nearly 60,000 workers over the next 12 years to replace retiring workers and respond to increased business at the nation's largest railroad, according to a published report.

Last week’s off-year elections saw voters return key trucking lawmakers to Capitol Hill, with no major changes in the makeup of congressional committees dealing with transportation issues precipitated by the American electorate.

TruckPac, American Trucking Associations’ political action committee, raised and spent more in the 1998 elections than it did in the previous two election cycles, according to Federal Election Commission records and interviews with ATA officials.

Trucking was the 35th largest industry and interest group contributor to congressional and Senate campaigns and political parties in last week’s election, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Yellow Corp. announced it is acquiring Action Express, a less-than-truckload carrier based in Boise, Idaho, to expand its regional trucking service in the Pacific Northwest and West.

A traffic stop near Memphis last Saturday led to the arrest of man on murder charges in the slayings of four hotel guests, including three men from the trucking industry who came to Atlanta to watch a football game.

The public may comment on the consent decrees signed by diesel engine makers in an agreement with the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency.