Electric Truck Startup Coming to Lordstown

Yesterday, General Motors Company agreed to a sale of its Lordstown Ohio assembly plant to Lordstown Motors Corporation, an electric vehicle startup firm.  This is the first time the plant will be owned by another company other than GM since the facility opened in 1966.  There has been speculation about what would happen to the […]

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Fuel Tax Spike in Ohio

On April 3 2019, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a bill which will increase the gasoline and diesel fuel taxes for the state.  Starting on July 1st the state tax on diesel fuel will increase by 19 cents to a total of 47 cents per gallon.  The 67% increase will bump Ohio to the 6th […]

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Cleaner Air Coming to California

Earlier this week, California senator Nancy Skinner proposed a daring bill that targets air quality and limiting greenhouse gas emissions.  The bill would oblige the California Air Resources Board to, “require a 40 percent reduction in diesel emissions by 2030 and an 80 percent reduction by 2050.”  This is not the state’s first proposed bill […]

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Dash Cams in the Transportation Industry

Dash cams have quickly become a growing trend in the transportation industry.  Since their original use on police cars in the 1980s, they have evolved from bulky cameras requiring VHS cassettes to smaller, sleeker, high definition cameras available today.  In fact, early dash cams were so expensive and provided such poor video quality, many police […]

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Who’s Delivering Presents This Year?

From Black Friday to Cyber Monday and all throughout December, there will be more products sold and shipped in the U.S. than any other time of the year.  Staffing shortages and recent import tariffs have made retail executives stay on their toes and prepare for the season.  Another concern that certainly weighs heavy on their […]

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Pruitt’s Lasting Legacy

On Thursday July 6th Scott Pruitt resigned from his position of Chief Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  Pruitt has held the position since February of 2017 but recently been under fire for numerous ethics controversies, ultimately stating the reason for his resignation was due to “unrelenting attacks on himself and his family which […]

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