Press Releases & News
Media Contact: Julie Hagen, julie@texastrucking.com or 512-914-0178
Press Releases
- March 15, 2024 - Texas Truckers Bring Tires, Livestock Feed in Wildfire Aid
- February 13, 2024 - Texas Once Again Leads The Nation in Truck Bottlenecks
- October 26, 2023 - Trucking Industry Congestion Costs Top $94.6 Billion Nationwide: Texas Costs Exceed $7.2 Billion
- October 9, 2023 - TXTA Foundation Announces Additional Trade and Technical Scholarship Recipient
- October 6, 2023 - TXTA Recognizes Award Recipients at Fall Safety Management Council Seminar
- September 21, 2023 - Trucking Cares Foundation, TXTA Foundation Partner to Support Children’s Hospital in Austin
- September 12, 2023 - TXTA Foundation Annouces Trade and Techical Scholarship Recipients
- August 1, 2023 – TXTA Recognizes Safety and Maintenance Leaders
- June 20, 2023 – TXTA Foundation Announces Publication of Children's Book
- May 23, 2023 – TXTA Announces Academic and Trade and Technical Scholarship Recipients
- April 26, 2023 – TXTA Announces Partnership with Wreaths Across America
- February 8, 2023 – New Research Shows Texas Once Again as the Top State for Truck Bottlenecks
- August 24, 2022 – TXTA Foundation Announces 2022-2023 Scholarship Recipients
- August 1, 2022 – TXTA Recognizes Industry Leaders at the Safety and Maintenance Luncheon
- April 13, 2022 – TXTA Statement on Enhanced Safety Inspections at the Border
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February 10, 2022 – TXTA TruckPAC Endorses Governor Greg Abbott for Re-Election
- February 9, 2022 – Texas Leads the Nation with the Most Bottlenecks in the Country
- January 13, 2022 – TXTA TruckPAC Endorses Lt. Governor Dan Patrick for Re-Election
- January 4, 2022 – TXTA Partners with Bullock Museum Traveling Exhibition Not Alone: Working Together in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
- Archived Press Releases
Industry News
- Trucking News, May 3, 2024 - Waabi Opens Purpose-Built Autonomous Trucking Site in Texas
- Driving the Line Podcast, March 4, 2024 - Why Memberships Matter: Associations & Safety
- Transport Topics, February 28, 2024 - Groups Support Werner in Legal Filing Over ‘Nuclear’ Verdict
- FreightWaves, February 13, 2024 - Texas again has highest number of traffic bottlenecks for truckers
- KXAN, December 19, 2023 - Local demand for CDL drivers continue after pandemic shortages
- WFAA, November 14, 2023 - The future is here: Autonomous trucking company Aurora expects its Texas freights to be fully self-driving by end of 2024
- KXAN, November 8, 2023 - Self-driving trucking corridor to become active in Austin area
- Transport Topics, July 21, 2023 – Company Targets Old Drive-In Theatres for Truck Parking
- Wreaths Across America, April 24, 2023 – Wreaths Across America Virtual Convoy Conversations
- Houston Chronicle, February 27, 2023 – Immigrants are Filling the Trucking Labor Gab in Houston as Foreign-Born Drivers Triple in Numbers
- FreightWaves, Feburary 13, 2023 – Trucking Associations Push to End Vaccine Mandate at US Border
- CCJ Digital, February 9, 2023 – Texas Again Home to the Worst Traffic in the U.S.
- Trucker News, November 29, 2022 – Trucking Associations Appeal to Congress to Act on Rail Contract Talks
- FreighWaves, November 4, 2022 – Experts Discuss How Truckers Can Survive Freight Recession
- Spectrum News, October 30, 2022 – Gas Prices Impact
- Texas Tribune, June 30, 2022 – A "Cloned" 18-Wheeler Made it Easy for Smugglers to Pass Through the Border
- CBS Austin, June 29, 2022 – Trucking Leaders Not Expecting Gov. Abbott's Truck Inspection Strategy to Slow Commerce
- NBC News, June 29, 2022 – Four in Custody in Texas Migrant Smuggling Case
- Texas Tribune, June 28, 2022 – 3 Men in Custody After Deaths of 51 People Found in San Antonio Truck
- KHOU 11, June 28, 2022 – Tractor-Trailer Carrying Migrants in San Antonio May Have Been Cloned
- CBS DFW, June 8, 2022 – Texas Trucking Association: We will See More Empty Shelves
- KrisTV, May 4, 2022 – Demand for Truckers Across the Nation Adds to Shortages and Inflation
- FiscalNotes, April 2022 – Drivers Wanted: Texas Trucking Strives to Stay on the Move
- Transport Topics, April 19, 2022 – Trucking, Economic Experts Weigh Impact of Texas Border Bottlenecks
- Transport Topics, April 19, 2022 – Communication is Best Tool for Natural Disaster Preparation
- Fox4 KDFW, April 15, 2022 – Gov. Abbott's Enhanced Truck Inspections Will LIkelly Lead to Higher Costs for Texans
- The Hill, April 15, 2022 – Abbott Border Inspections Threaten Fresh Produce Supply in US
- KiiiTV, April 14, 2022 – Texas Trucking Association Pushes Back on Abbott's Enhanced Checkpoint Policy
- Transport Topics, April 14, 2022 – TXTA Chief: Driver Wait Times at Border Becoming a Burden
- NewsNet, April 14, 2022 – Update on Truck Lines in Protest of Texas Gov. Orders
- Associated Press, April 13, 2022 – Texas Keeping Most Truck Inspections Despite Border Gridlock
- The New York Times, April 13, 2022 – As Texas Snarls Traffic at Border, Mexican Truckers Form Blockade
- The Washington Post, April 13, 2022 – New Texas Truck Inspection Policy Prompts Protests, Delays
- Daily Caller, April 13, 2022 – New 'Strain on the Supply Chain': Truckers are Livid Over Texas Gov. Abbott's Border Security Measures
- The Epoch Times, April 12, 2022 – Fears of Commerce Crunch as Texas Border Inspections Continue Amid Border Crisis
- Reuters, April 11, 2022 – Anger Mounts Along Texas-Mexico Border Over Long Delays to Commercial Crossings
- Dallas Morning News, April 8, 2022 – Business Leaders: Abbott's Policy Will Prove Costly
- KXXV, April 5, 2022 – Waco Truck Driving School Sees Increase in Enrollment as Country Faces Shortage
- ABC 13, April 5, 2022 – Texas Trucking Industries Encourage More Drivers
- ATA, March 24, 2022 – ATA Announces Formation of Law Enforcement Advisory Board
- CBS Austin, March 21, 2022 – Break in Texas Fuel Sales Tax Not Likely; Some Truckers OK with That
- KRLD 1080, March 21, 2022 – Ask the Expert: How are Gas Prices Affecting Texas Truckers?
- TMAF, Marcy 17, 2022 – Trucking Moves America Honors The Women of Trucking
- CBS DFW, March 7, 2022 – Drivers Filling up with Diesel Paying Nearly $5 Per Gallon in North Texas
- Fox26, January 23, 2022 – Teens Taking Big Rigs Cross-Country
- KTRH, January 17, 2022 – Trucker Shortage Continues to Cause Supply Chain Disruptions
- Archived News
ARCHIVES
- November 7, 2021 – TXTA Foundation Ed Kyrish Memorial Trade School Scholarship Recipient: Austin Stashi
- November 4, 2021 – TXTA Statement on Select Saturdays for CDL
- October 13, 2021 – TXTA TruckPAC Endorses HD 122 Candidate Adam Blanchard
- October 12, 2021 – TXTA Foundation Announces 2021–2022 Scholarship Recipients
- August 9, 2021 – TXTA Recognizes Industry Leaders at the Safety and Maintenance Awards Luncheon
- June 16, 2021 – TXTA Chairman Kennemer Statement on Governor Abbott Signing HB 19
- May 28, 2021 – HB 19 Changes the Trajectory of Lawsuit Abuse in Texas
- May 19, 2021 – TXTA Statement on Senate Passage of HB 19
- May 18, 2021 – TXTA Statement on Senator John Cornyn's Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax Comments
- May 12, 2021 – TXTA Statement on Senate Committee on Transportation Passage of HB 19
- April 30, 2021 – TXTA Statement on House Passage of HB 19
- April 1, 2021 – TXTA Statement on SB 207
- March 24, 2021 – TXTA Statement on CSHB 19
- March 11, 2021 – TXTA Foundation Trade School Scholarship Recipient
- March 1, 2021 – TXTA Statement on SB 17, SB 207, HB 19 and HB 1617
- March 1, 2021 – Statement by the Keep Texas Trucking Coalition on SB 17, SB 207, HB 19 and HB 1617
- February 23, 2021 – Trucking and Moving Deliver Water to Hospitals and Charitable Organizations
- February 2, 2021 – TXTA Statement on 2021 State of the State by Governor Greg Abbott
- KXAN, November 16, 2021 – Need for Infrastructure Improvements in Texas Strong, Experts Say
- KSAT, November 15, 2021 – President and CEO of Texas Trucking Association Discusses Supply Chain Issues
- Univision 41, November 5, 2021 – Escasez de camioneros empeora impacto en cadena de suministros
- TXTA/ATA, November 4, 2021 – COVID Vaccine Mandate Update
- KXXV, September 28, 2021 – Truck Driver Shortage Could Cause Trouble This Holiday Season
- TMAF, September 8, 2021 – TXTA Pledges $10,000 a year to Support TMAF’s Mission to Promote the Positive Image of Trucking
- FleetOwner, August 3, 2021 – Trucking Continues Battle Against Reptile Theory, Nuclear Verdicts
- Commercial Carrier Journal, July 8, 2021 – New Texas Law Deals Blow to Reptile Theory Trial Strategy in Crash Litigation
- Houston Chronicle, June 19, 2021 – Sen. Cornyn: Raise the Fuel Tax; Don't Start a VMT Tax
- Fort Worth Business Press, June 18, 2021 – Commentary: Cornyn's Vehicle Miles Tax Would Crush Truckers, Wreck Supply Chain
- The Fuentes Firm, June 10, 2021 – Texas Supreme Court Ruling Paves Way for Personal Injury Defendants to Attack Inflated Medical Bills
- KSAT, June 8, 2021 – Rebates, Incentives Aim to Lure More Truckers to SH 130 Toll Road
- Laredo Morning Times, June 7, 2021 – Senator Cornyn, Keep Laredo the Trucking Capital of the U.S.
- Transport Topics, June 2, 2021 – Trucking Notches Wins in Lawsuit Abuse Legislation
- Transport Topics, May 20, 2021 – Texas Senate Passes Bill Aimed at Curbing Lawsuit Abuse of Truckers
- Dallas Morning News, May 19, 2021 – Cornyn Enrages Truckers by Pitching a 25 Cent Per Mile Tax on Big Rigs to Finance Highway Work
- Transport Topics, May 19, 2021 – Industry Rejects Tax Proposal Targeting Trucks
- KRLD, May 19, 2021 – Texas Trucking Unhappy with Cornyn Tax Idea
- The Fuentes Firm, May 13, 2021 – Texas Supreme Court Rejects Common Practice of Prohibiting Defendants from Challenging Inflated Medical Bills
- KSAT, May 7, 2021 – Truck Drivers, Others Encouraged to Keep an Eye Out for Human Smuggling Activity
- NewsWest9, May 6, 2021 – Truck Driver Shortage Impacting the Permian Basin
- KVUE, May 3, 2021 – Truck Driver Shortage Could Soon Lead to Higher-Priced Gas, Other Goods
- Transport Topics, April 30, 2021 – Texas House Passes Bill That Would Help Curb Lawsuit Abuses
- American Trucking Associations, April 30, 2021 – House-passed Bill Will Help Curb Abusive Lawsuits Targeting Commercial Vehicles
- KXAN, April 29, 2021 – Central Texas Driving Schools Try to Keep Up During National Truck Driver Shortage
- Transport Topics, March 26, 2021 – New ATA Panel Seeks to Strenthen Bond Between Truckers, Law Enforcement
- FreightWaves, March 11, 2021 – Texas Trucking Association Seeks Tort Reform in State’s Current Legislative Session
- Transport Topics, February 22, 2021 – ATA Launches Efforts to Help Texans Battered by Storm
- The Texan, February 19, 2021 – Even With Highways Clear, Outages, Panic-Buying Decimate Grocery Stores
- Corpus Christi Caller, February 19, 2021 – This is Why it was Hard to Restock Corpus Christi Store Shelves During the Winter Storm
- KFOX14, February 9, 2021 – Truck Drivers Could be Included in Next Phase of Vaccinations
- Transport Topics, December 15, 2020 – Texas Truckers Fight Inflated Medical Costs in Litigation
- FreightWaves, November 20, 2020 – Texas Trucking Association Targets Tort Reform with Broad Coalition