Happy New Year from the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association! Last week this blog had to focus on some of the negative outlooks moving...

Ahhhh…the excitement of a new year is here. Resolutions for personal change. Madly scribbling out the old calendar year each time you...

Tis the season for every merchant who has hired an overpriced marketing firm on TV or radio to suggest the most pedestrian of all holiday...

There’s nothing quite like working hard for your money, saving and getting to a secure place in your finances, or even if you have to...

Laser cutting in the manufacturing industry has become the technology of choice for cutting the large, flat pieces that make up most of...

If you are old enough to remember the glory days of trucking from the 1950s until deregulation in the early 1980s, many images come to...

Garbage stinks. Garbage cans stink. Garbage trucks stink. Garbage transfer stations stink. Garbage landfills stink. From the onset of...

Every great artist gets their start somewhere. Some start out as gang members tagging walls and railroad cars. Others start out at the...

Everyone wants a deal. Finding a bargain, a huge sale or an unbelievable coupon makes purchasing an item all the sweeter. Finding a great...

One – it is the loneliest number. However, there is power in being the solitary numeric. Only one person can be President of the United...

Yeah, you read the title of this article correctly. There is a dumb law concerning securement of flatbed loads in Illinois. Does that...

Turn on your favorite news service and watch the turf wars. Pakistan and India are at peace, but Kashmir is still disputed. For...

A common theme heard among police officers is the reason why they wanted to be police officers in the first place – variety. For most...

Three O’Clock High. The 80s cult classic comedy about the loner new-kid-in-school, Buddy Revell. In the movie, the character Buddy...

It’s week three in the five part series on what makes a successful local truck enforcement program, and it’s going to get a little...

Thanks to the blend of email and smartphones, work has become portable. Unfortunately, it has also created more work! In the high-paced...

Earlier this year, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police published an article in their Command magazine written by the Illinois...

Since August 2014, a re-energized conversation has swept the United States regarding the relationship between law enforcement and racial...

One day the internet will crash, and the world will turn to complete chaos. Today the phone network, the mail system and automobiles all...

The article this week will showcase a real Illinois town affectionately renamed as the “Village of Moneylust”. Even by its real name,...