Highway Funding Plan Hurts Poor, Critic Says
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed legislation that will raise an estimated $95 million annually for the state’s highways, but a public policy group says the sales tax portion is too regressive. read more >
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Highway Work Ahead, And It’s About Time
The long-delayed Arkansas highway funding initiative moved along this week, passing a Senate committee with one official no vote. read more >
Arkansas' Highways to Nowhere
Arkansas needs hundreds of millions more dollars to adequately maintain current roads and bridges and keep up with future needs. The last new money the state dug up for Arkansas highways was $50 million the governor scraped together in 2016 from existing sources. read more >
I-49 Bypass Gets Its Wish: A $25M Grant
The bypass is a 19-mile stretch of Interstate 49 that will sweep around Bella Vista to the west and reconnect in southern Missouri. It is the only uncompleted stretch of Interstate 49 between Kansas City and Fort Smith. read more >
Road Funding in Arkansas Still Elusive
Gov. Asa Hutchinson sees highway funding as a priority when the state’s next legislative session opens in January. read more >
New XNA CEO Aaron Burkes to Hit Runway Running
Aaron Burkes was named Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport’s new CEO and executive director in late September and will start work on Nov. 1. read more >
ArcBest Calls Stock Analysis Reporting 'Defamatory'
Stocks of ArcBest recently dropped following an online report raising issues with the company's accounting. As the stock price dropped, ArcBest did damage control. read more >
Even Truckers Have Trouble With Delivery
USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren and ArcBest Corp. of Fort Smith are behind in their equipment upgrades because the manufacturers don’t have enough drivers to deliver the tractors. read more >
Arkansas, Missouri Join in Seeking Money for I-49
Another stretch of Interstate 49 may be closer to completion. Or closer to the money being found to pay for the work to bring the highway closer to completion. read more >
Driver Dearth Means Higher Freight Prices
Things are getting really tight for American trucking companies. That means things are going to get more expensive for everyone else, too. read more >
Glider Rule Recall Another Bad Idea
Gliders were important to independent drivers or small companies because they cost $100,000 compared with $140,000 for a new tractor. Also, because it is a “used” tractor, there was no 12 percent federal excise tax imposed. read more >
'Science Bob' May Be Blast at Arkansas Trucking Association Conference
The organization is holding its annual conference May 16-17 at the Hot Springs Convention Center. Its featured speaker this year is Bob Pflugfelder, better known to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” viewers as “Science Bob.” read more >
Walmart Delivery Policy Presses Its Suppliers
Walmart Inc.’s delivery requirements for its suppliers got even stricter April 1 when new metrics took effect. read more >
Federal Infrastructure Plan Looks Like Nightmare
President Trump says his plan includes a $1.5 trillion fix for the nation's roads. It also leans on the states for most of the money and calls for private investments, like more toll roads. read more >
Arkansas Truckers Toot Horn for Tax Cuts
The trucking industry was one of the stronger proponents of the tax overhaul that President Donald Trump signed into law in December. read more >
ATRI Weighs In on Infrastructure
There were few surprises among the recommendations in a recent report by the American Transportation Research Institute. read more >
Increasing Arkansas' Speed Limit Up for Debate
Arkansans have more than a month to tell the state’s Department of Transportation what they think of increasing the highway speed limit. read more >
When Nature Rages, Cushman and Carriers ‘Take the Hit’
Dan Cushman fully understands that sometimes a company’s bottom line has to take a (hopefully) temporary beating when natural disasters hit. read more >
New Broadway Bridge Up for Transportation Award
The Arkansas Department of Transportation's Broadway Bridge project is up for the Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award in the America’s Transportation Awards. read more >
75-MPH Limit Still Awaits Green Light on Arkansas Highways
A law allowing the Arkansas Highway Commission to raise the highway speed limit to 75 mph went into effect Aug. 1, but the actual raising of any speed limits will have to wait until the Department of Transportation and its engineers complete an updated traffic study. read more >
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