As many schools return to in-person classes even as coronavirus cases are mounting nationwide, school bus drivers, cafeteria workers and janitors are left in an impossible bind: worried about being exposed to COVID-19 but also terrified they’ll lose their jobs if schools stay shut. “We’re back at work. We don’t […]
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Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images MIAMI—Less than three weeks after schools reopened in central Florida’s Polk County, Mark couldn’t help but notice some students riding his bus slack off when it came to coronavirus safety precautions. “The first week was fine,” said Mark, who like other bus drivers […]
An Illinois truck driver in 1940. Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Today’s network of big-box retailers and online shopping likely wouldn’t exist without the deregulation of the trucking industry 40 years ago this month. The Motor Carrier Act of 1980, passed by President Jimmy Carter, slashed the cost of moving […]
The Detroit News Published 9:47 p.m. ET Jan. 6, 2021 Jan. 6, 2019, was the worst day of my life. On that day I lost my family. My sister Rima, brother-in-law Issam and two nieces and a nephew were driving home from vacation, when a drunk driver hit their SUV head on, […]
Beulah – You’ll get where you need to be – but locals know the extra miles Benzie Bus’s drivers are willing to go. Driver Sandra Culbertson might pick up a small neighborhood’s worth of food bank supplies, or take a quick detour to collect a regular’s waiting prescription. For Scott […]
Fewer Californians are expected to travel for Christmas this year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge, yet data show residents are still making trips to the store or work even after regional stay-at-home orders were issued throughout the state earlier this month. The California Highway Patrol this week reminded […]
CLOSE IndyCar championship contenders Josef Newgarden and Scott Dixon discuss their qualifying struggles Indianapolis Star ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – When you look past a St. Petersburg finale in October, attending by a maximum of 20,000 fans, Sunday’s 2020 IndyCar season running to completion should feel relatively normal. The combination of […]