VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 3 2015


FEATURES COVER STORY


MISSION SUSTAINABLE 28 Tyson Foods’ Bryan McDuffie and a lifelong goal to


minimize his personal and professional carbon footprint By Kelly Cargill Crow


CAPITOL WATCH TRUCKERS TO BENEFIT AS CONSUMERS CONTINUE RECOVERY 21 Economic predictions from Donald Broughton By Steve Brawner


HIGHWAYS STILL WAITING FOR CONGRESS, STATE TO ACT 27


Matters in our own hands By Steve Brawner


ACT 945: SO YOU’RE TELLING ME THERE’S A CHANCE! 39 How changing one word impacts


independent contractors By R. Scott Zuerker and Joseph K. Luebke


SCENE AROUND HANGING OUT IN HOT SPRINGS 44 Recap of the 2015 ATA Annual Conference


& Vendor Showcase By ATR Staff


DEPARTMENTS


Up Front: by Shannon Newton 9 They Said It 10 News in Brief 12 Calendar of Events 18 New Members 36 Insider Trucking 50 Stat View 52 Advertiser Resource Index 53 The Last Word: by Paul Enos 54


ARKANSAS TRUCKING REPORT | Issue 3 2015


IN THIS ISSUE


IMAGES ON COVER AND THIS PAGE OF BRYAN MCDUFFIE, TYSON FOODS, BY JOHN DAVID PITTMAN.


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