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Darden Restaurants Helps Feeding America® Food Banks In Five States Add Mobile Food Pantries To Serve Communities In Need

Darden Restaurants Helps Feeding America® Food Banks In Five States Add Mobile Food Pantries To Serve Communities In Need

| January 29, 2021

New grant from charitable arm of Olive Garden parent company will help increase access to food in communities of color As part of the company’s ongoing efforts to fight hunger, Darden Restaurants has partnered with Feeding America® to enhance mobile food pantry programs in areas with higher levels of food insecurity, including communities of color. […]

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driverDOC Announces $400K Seed Round to Digitize the Trucking Experience and Make U.S. Highways Safer

driverDOC Announces $400K Seed Round to Digitize the Trucking Experience and Make U.S. Highways Safer

| January 27, 2021

Funding marks the first Opportunity Zone startup in transportation and trucking to raise capital in the region driverDOC, a supply chain technology company, announced it has closed a $40K seed round led by The Pearl Fund with additional co-investments from angel investors. The SaaS startup plans to use the funds to accelerate growth for its […]

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CRST Expedited Solutions Announces Significant Driver Pay Increase

CRST Expedited Solutions Announces Significant Driver Pay Increase

| January 27, 2021

Over $1.2 million in bonuses were paid in CRST’s final quarter of 2020 The Transportation Solution, Inc. has announced an increase in pay for company, team over-the-road driving partners, showing its continual commitment to the CRST family. “As I look back on the performance of our drivers in 2020, I could not be more proud of the […]

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NATSO Urges Senate To Confirm Pete Buttigieg As U.S. Secretary Of Transportation

NATSO Urges Senate To Confirm Pete Buttigieg As U.S. Secretary Of Transportation

| January 22, 2021

NATSO is encouraged that the Biden Administration considers infrastructure investment as a key driver of economic and job relief and one of its top priorities On behalf of the more than 2,000 member locations of NATSO, the national association representing the truckstop and travel plaza industry, today urged the U.S. Senate to quickly confirm Pete Buttigieg as […]

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TuSimple Announces Executive Advisory Board Consisting of Industry and Regulatory Experts

TuSimple Announces Executive Advisory Board Consisting of Industry and Regulatory Experts

| January 21, 2021

Leaders from Schneider, Werner, U.S. Xpress, Canadian National, and VectoIQ, as well as former U.S. congressmen, join TuSimple’s advisory board TuSimple, a global self-driving technology company, announced the members of its newly established Executive Advisory Board including Jeff Denham, Eric Fuller, Steve Girsky, Jim Kolbe, Derek Leathers, Mark Rourke, and Jean-Jacques Ruest. TuSimple’s Executive Advisory Board will provide strategic advice to the […]

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Women In Trucking Association Sends Four Appointments to FMCSA Safety Committees

Women In Trucking Association Sends Four Appointments to FMCSA Safety Committees

| January 19, 2021

This year’s committee has eight women The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) will be sending four representatives to serve on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) safety groups. WIT President and CEO Ellen Voie has been appointed to the Motor Carrier Advisory Committee (MCSAC) and three of WIT’s Image Team members have been appointed to the […]

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