Rebein Brothers Category: Dodge City

This year Dodge City celebrates its 150th birthday. 150 years of buffalo, gunfighters, and the rise of the cattle trade. Irrigation, feedlots, meat packing, dairies and now a cheese plant. Dodge City now has over 27,000 residents and is a testament to entrepreneurship and diversity. In my memory, however, what sticks out in the history of…

You aren’t seeing things. There are definitely more trucks on the road and that trend will continue. Most of what we buy and consume moves by truck and, with online shopping becoming the norm, there are more trucks needed to deliver goods. Here in Dodge City and Western Kansas, we have our world-class agricultural products that…

Electric vehicles (“EVs”) are rapidly growing in popularity all over the world. The International Energy Agency has an annual report that tracks EV sales and global statistics, and the most recent report found that EV “registrations increased by 41% in 2020, despite the pandemic-related worldwide downturn in car sales in which global car sales dropped 16%.”…

The main federal agency that oversees regulations of semi trucks and heavy commercial vehicles, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”), is conducting a 3-day “safety blitz” across 12 states from August 3rd to August 5th. The safety blitz is part of the “SafeDRIVE” effort that helps state and federal organizations work together to conduct…

The Biden administration recently released a list of the next major regulatory issues to be addressed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. One of the major items on the list is a proposal by the FMCSA to make revisions to the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse system and related rules.   The…