Federal preemption

Regulators are leveraging their power to once again weigh in on state laws affecting truck drivers.

Regulators may use waivers to give California and Washington more power over truck driver work rules that the Trump administration found were preempted.

California’s legal victory allowing it to impose workplace rules on flight attendants has some cargo airlines worried about states regulating their operations.

Washington state is weighing options after agreeing not to appeal FMCSA’s preemption determination on the state’s truck driver meal/rest break laws.

A judge denied the request by truckload carrier Western Express to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a driver seeking meal- and rest-break pay.

Pete Buttigieg weighs in on infrastructure, trucking regulations and the Jones Act during a three-hour nomination hearing.

State laws are preempted by federal hours-of-service regulations, agency finds.