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Blockchain could soon protect drivers hauling hemp

10 December 2020

The White House is reviewing a draft final rule on hemp production which may consider using blockchain technology to help protect drivers from being wrongfully arrested when hauling legal hemp across state lines.

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Envision Blockchain Solutions LLC and Blockchain Agricultural Solutions Inc. are partnering on an effort that would use blockchain to provide real-time, shared information to law enforcement to not only avoid driver arrests but also the unlawful seizure...

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FreightWaves LIVE @HOME: Obama White House official says COVID-19 response depends on logistics sector

24 May 20205 May 2020

Ron Klain talking from home on video conference about pandemic.

Logistics companies and professionals are the linchpin of the public health effort to defeat the coronavirus, but patchwork of on-again, off-again lockdowns and social distancing rules around the country will make their job even more difficult than today.

That’s the conclusion of Ron Klain, executive vice president and general counsel at Revolution, a Washington, D.C.-based technology-oriented investment firm, and former chief of staff to then-Vice President Joe Biden, based on his experience as...

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Trucker rally for fair rates gets White House attention

24 May 20204 May 2020

A weekend “May Day” rally in Washington by small-business truckers claiming they are being mistreated in the freight market during the coronavirus pandemic ended with a positive message from President Donald Trump.

Trump, who spent the weekend at the president’s retreat in Camp David, Maryland, acknowledged the demonstrators parked in their trucks directly south of the White House along Constitution Avenue.

“Thanks for the meeting at the White House with my representatives from the...

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