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Truck deliveries across the state could hit some roadblocks. Texas DPS announced Monday newly issued commercial driver licenses, CDLs, are now suspended for refugees, asylees, and DACA recipients ...

Officials say the move is meant to improve public safety. Critics say the administration is trying to financially starve ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to withhold $182 million from the Transportation Department if Texas doesn’t reform its licensing programs and invalidate any flawed licenses. Mark ...

Truck drivers nationwide are facing more scrutiny than ever. The Texas Department of Public Safety is now stepping up after an emergency rule change from the Federal Motor Carrier caAdministration.

AUSTIN, Texas — The federal government is threatening to withhold millions of dollars in federal highway funding from Texas if the state doesn’t change the way that it issues commercial driver ...

The federal government’s crackdown on commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants has found problems in eight states so far in the wake of several deadly crashes. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas will no longer issue or renew ...

The federal government's crackdown on commercial driver's licenses for immigrants has found problems in eight states so far in the wake of several deadly crashes. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...

The Texas Tribune - Texas will no longer issue or renew commercial driver’s licenses to DACA recipients, refugees or people with asylum, the Texas Department of Public Safety announced Monday.

Read full article: Man hospitalized after argument escalates to shooting on Northwest Side, SAPD says Keryan Jones, 34, was arrested on charges of capital murder and assault with a deadly weapon in ...