Trucking

A new warning system may have forced a diet on Northeast Kansas City's most infamous bridge, but it hasn't stopped Thomas Gieseke's imagination from transforming the structure into a thing of whimsy and terror.

The Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which was filed Sunday, comes just three years after Yellow received $700 million in pandemic-era loans from the federal government. Until recently, Yellow was headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.

The demise of Yellow, which until recently headquartered in Overland Park, stems from an exodus of customers, union strife and longstanding financial troubles. With 30,000 jobs at stake, it's poised to be the largest trucking bankruptcy in the history of the U.S.

The trucking industry is estimated to have a shortage of nearly 80,000 drivers. While the problem is expected to get worse before it gets better, industry groups are trying to pave the way for more people to get a commercial driver’s license.

Truck drivers have a limit: 14 hours. After that long work day, they have to park. The truck has to stop and it can’t move again for 10 hours. But finding a place to park an 80-foot-long semi can be a nightmare, one that endangers truckers and slows down commerce. Truckers have been struggling for decades to get Washington to do something about it.

The Kansas City Police Department and Missouri Department of Transportation are encouraging truck drivers to take an active role in reporting human trafficking. The departments are part of a week-long collaborative effort to educate and raise awareness about trafficking.

In addition to meddling by Trump administration officials, the subcommittee report said lobbyists for Yellow Corp. leveraged its close ties with the administration to obtain a loan on terms so favorable that it violated guidelines of the Corona Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).