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Each day's show includes a newscast keyed to the most important and current issues in trucking, national and state legislative analysis, as well as longer pieces that cover everything from truckers' lifestyle to regulatory information.

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Dec 31, 2021

LLN (12/30/21) – FMCSA has found itself once again without an administrator, or a nominee to become one. We’ll discuss what’s happening at the agency right now, plus what’s next in Congress. Also, 2021 offered hopeful signs of progress on trucking issues and of officials more willing to listen to truckers, as...


Dec 30, 2021

LLN (12/29/21) – Winter weather has arrived. Dean Croke of DAT tells us how that’s affecting freight rates before breaking down the latest trends and numbers in the spot market. Also, getting a warning instead of a ticket can, through a kind of back door, affect your CSA, your Pre-employment Screening Program...


Dec 29, 2021

LLN (12/28/21) – An effort in New Jersey could slam the brakes on automatic Turnpike Authority toll increases, while Michigan may cut red tape for local road funding. Also, it wasn’t that many years ago that truckers were likely unaware of the term, “after treatment.” But those systems are now an integral...


Dec 28, 2021

LLN (12/27/21) – The 110-year prison sentence handed down to Rogel Aguilera-Mederos brought out lots of strong feelings in a lot of people. One of those is Lewie Pugh of OOIDA. He stops by to talk about the case and says there’s at least one way to prevent future tragedies like this one. Also, if you’ve had to...


Dec 25, 2021

LLN (12/24/21) – The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is on display thanks to six truck drivers. An elementary school student works as an operations manager for his father’s trucking company. A comic book store, a retail outlet, a group of volunteers, and a very familiar truck joined forces recently to ensure that...