A pair of bills introduced in Congress and updated guidance from regulators all aim to streamline the credentialing process for aspiring truck drivers to obtain their commercial driver licenses. One ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced a proposed rule July 24 meant to ease the process for people pursuing a commercial driver license. The rule would allow CDL applicants to take ...

New federal requirements for a commercial drivers license (CDL) take hold Monday, and it could have a major impact on anything from hauling grain or livestock to picking up a piece of equipment that’s ...

Update – Tuesday, July 9: FMCSA has opened the comment period for the rule that would allow third-party CDL trainers to administer the CDL skills test to applicants they trained themselves. The ...

The agency agreed that it is too burdensome to require states to conduct background checks on all test examiners. Now the checks are required only when the examiner is hired. The agency agreed that it ...

Oct. 30—PLATTSBURGH — Facing an accelerating decline of professional truck drivers locally and nationwide, local officials on Friday called for a more streamlined process to obtain a commercial driver ...

As investigations continue into a fatal semitruck crash that left three people dead on the Florida Turnpike one week ago, questions are emerging about how commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) are ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — We have the latest on a potential major funding showdown between Washington and Albany. It involves a crackdown on CDL — or commercial drivers licenses — to operate big trucks by ...