What began as a California dispute over 17,000 non‑domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) has quickly become a nationwide stress test of how states issue, verify and police CDLs — and how carriers manage the risk. While Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy trade barbs, industry lawyers and…
C.H. Robinson is expanding again on the Texas–Mexico line, adding 450,000 square feet of warehousing and cross-dock capacity in El Paso to capture accelerating nearshoring flows out of Ciudad Juárez and the broader Chihuahua manufacturing basin. The move builds on the broker’s border strategy and comes as its customers shift…
Nine Republican state attorneys general are urging the Surface Transportation Board to put Union Pacific’s $85 billion bid for Norfolk Southern under a microscope, arguing that the coast-to-coast railroad it would create could erode competition, raise shippers’ costs and even touch national security. Their warning landed Nov. 14, the same…
The U.S. Supreme Court has put Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC on a fast track, granting a briefing schedule that starts with the petitioner’s merits brief due December 1 and the respondents’ brief due January 14. The petitioner, truck-crash victim Shawn Montgomery, is represented by former U.S. Solicitor General…
C.H. Robinson is enlarging its U.S.–Mexico gateway in El Paso with an additional 450,000 square feet of warehousing and cross-docking space, a move the company ties directly to manufacturers shifting production to Mexico and to rising flows of high‑tech, automotive and medical freight through Ciudad Juárez. Executives say El Paso…
What the Stamped Schedule 1 Is—and Why It Matters When you file IRS Form 2290 for the Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax (HVUT), the document you’re waiting for is the IRS-stamped Schedule 1. This stamped or watermarked page is your official proof that HVUT has been reported and, when applicable,…
National Overview — Monday, November 17, 2025 A vigorous Western storm continues inland today, delivering heavy rain along the California coast and valleys and heavy mountain snow across the Sierra Nevada with travel restrictions over major passes. In the East, a departing low sustains lake-effect and upslope snow with blustery…
The U.S. Supreme Court has put firm dates on Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, the long-awaited case that could decide whether freight brokers face state-law negligence claims for carrier selection. In a Nov. 13 order, the justices granted a scheduling motion that sets Dec. 1, 2025, for the petitioner’s merits…
California’s clash with federal regulators over commercial driver licensing is no longer a Golden State story — it’s now a live-fire test of how far Washington will go to police state licensing programs and how quickly courts will rein in emergency rulemaking. In the past 72 hours, a federal appeals…
C.H. Robinson’s latest Texas buildout is the clearest signal yet that cross-border trucking is being rewired by Mexico’s manufacturing surge. The company has added a major El Paso site to its border footprint, a move that dovetails with the nearshoring storyline highlighted in FreightWaves’ Borderlands coverage and shifts more freight…
