March 17, 2015: Trucker protection bill gains support; blog wants feds out of transpo funding; driver saved from burning truck.

Here is a look at what is happening in the world of transportation this morning:

• A court case ruling many mean some trucking companies could owe overtime pay to their drivers in certain situations, according to the Garden State Gavel blog.
• A proposed bill that would protect trucking firms in accidents resulting from shipper negligence gets passed by the Arkansas legislature, notes Arkansas Online.
• Minnesota legislators seem to be at loggerheads over transportation funding for the Gopher state, reports Minnesota Public Radio News.
• A U.S. News & World Report blog post calls for the federal government to get out of transportation funding altogether.
• New Jersey is facing a major depletion in transportation funding, according to NJ Spotlight.
• Government investigators seize $5 million from Gate City Transportation; a firm accused of Medicaid fraud, notes the Triad Business Journal.
• A school transportation company based in Portland, OR, wakes up to find 72 tires on its vehicles slashed by vandals, reports KPTV Oregon.
• New Hampshire is contemplating a $41 million cut in the Granite State’s highway fund, says The Bellingham Herald.
• A daring rescue saves the life of a driver trapped in a burning truck, according to WIVB 4 News.
• Safety features worked perfectly on a propane-hauling truck rammed and flipped over in a highway crash, reports The Eagle Tribune.
• Ford’s new all-aluminum body F-150 is selling well; something of a relief to the OEM’s executives, notes Forbes.
• South Korean car maker Hyundai is debating whether or not to build pickup trucks, says Business Insider.
• Drivers at FedEx Freight’s Stockton, CA, terminal decide to unionize, according to the Memphis Business Journal.