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South Louisiana Community College is partnering with a state agency and the governor’s office to launch a CDL training program to open truck driving career paths for Black men.

The Delaware DMV is inviting private companies to apply to become providers of third-party commercial driver license skill tests before the state launches this new capability next spring.

The DOT has new requirements for workplace drug and alcohol test procedures, plus another forcing states to check truck driver records in its Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse.

FMCSA gave New Jersey a $2 million federal roadway safety grant to pay for new state motor vehicle mobile units to bring commercial driver license tests to rural areas.

The bill Biden signed into law Oct. 1 seeks to guarantee accredited CDL schools can accommodate veterans at new branches. Previous law had mandated a two-year waiting period.

The bill would ease veterans’ ability to use GI Bill benefits to pursue commercial driving careers.

For CDL trainers and some fleets, truck driving simulators are among the most innovative and realistic ways to teach new drivers.

Texas, Iowa, Maryland, Oregon and Pennsylvania are the biggest beneficiaries from the Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training grant program funding.

A handful of states are taking varied approaches to bolster the ranks of commercial truck drivers in the nation.

Illinois is the latest state to offer commercial driver license applicants a written test in Spanish to get more drivers on the road.