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Dale Bennett, president and CEO of the Virginia Trucking Association, says the pandemic exacerbated the state’s existing driver shortage. Photo by Matthew R.O. Brown
Apr 28, 2022

Turning on a dime

Though many American consumers may not think about it much, trucks move just about everything they buy, use, eat, drink and wear. The U.S. trucking industry hauled 72.5% of all freight transported nationwide in 2019, according to the Arlington-based American Trucking Associations. Why should anybody care? Because the ranks of truckers are shrinking: Last year, […]

Dec 21, 2021

Merrick named as state’s next commerce secretary

Caren Merrick, the CEO of Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin‘s nonprofit Virginia Ready Initiative, has been chosen to serve as Virginia’s next secretary of commerce and trade, Youngkin’s campaign announced Tuesday. Before leading VA Ready, a role in which she managed $10 million in public and private funding to assist Virginians affected by the COVID-19 pandemic […]

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