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Policy organization claims Illinois restaurants seek to protect eateries from food truck competition
December 5, 2018
Illinois Policy, an independent organization advocating public policy solutions to promote personal freedom in Illinois, recently posted an article on its…
read nowOfficials charge Rhode Island food truck owner with taking deliveries at home
December 3, 2018
The owner of a food truck in Cranston, Rhode Island, pleaded "not guilty" to charges that she had been operating a catering business in a residential zone.
read nowFlorida event center to feature food trucks
December 3, 2018
A building that has been vacant since 2013 will become an event and entertainment center featuring a bar and a food truck garden in Dade City, Florida…
read nowFood trucks under debate in North Carolina’s Surf City
November 20, 2018
The future of food trucks in Surf City, North Carolina, is under debate as not all restaurant owners support the mobile eateries.
read nowProposed food truck regulations set for vote in Chillicothe
November 14, 2018
A proposed law regulating food trucks and pushcart vendors in Chillicothe, Ohio, is ready for a vote after nearly two years of wrangling, according to a report…
read nowFood truck parking ordinance raises operator ire in Louisville
November 14, 2018
Food truck operators in Louisville, Kentucky, converged on a Metro Council session amid concerns that an ordinance banning them from parking at metered spaces…
read nowDecatur stalls plan to let food trucks on private property
November 2, 2018
A plan to allow private property owners in Decatur to host food trucks is on hold after council members raised questions about the food truck licensing…
read nowBrewer, distillery clash with restaurants over food truck hosting
October 25, 2018
Downtown restaurant owners in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, Michigan, are unhappy with a brewer and distiller who want to bring food trucks downtown to…
read nowTupelo, Mississippi, proposed food truck regulations avoid controversy
October 23, 2018
Food truck operators in Tupelo, Mississippi, have had a first look at the city's proposed ordinance for their business and seem to be "largely satisfied,…
read nowMadison County, Illinois, considers food truck regulations
October 22, 2018
Since Madison County, Illinois, loosened food truck regulations recently, Edwardsville, a city centrally located in the county just northeast of St. Louis, has…
read nowLouisville food truck owners claim proposed rule violates agreement
October 15, 2018
Lawmakers in Louisville, Kentucky, have proposed a rule that restricts vehicles parked at parking meters from doing business, a restriction that food truck…
read nowIce cream truck accident kills toddler; mayor calls for safety requirements
September 27, 2018
The mayor of Wentzville, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb, has asked lawmakers to come up with safety requirements for food trucks after an ice cream truck hit and…
read nowBurglars vandalize and rob Austin food trucks
September 26, 2018
Last weekend was a rough one for some food trucks in Austin, Texas, as police received at least a dozen reports of food truck break-ins Saturday along South…
read nowFood truck court planned for California town
September 19, 2018
A food truck court is scheduled to open Sept. 27 at Carnegie Park in downtown Redding, California, according to the Record Searchlight. Meanwhile, the city…
read nowFood truck owners to sue Wisconsin town over food truck ban
September 12, 2018
Attorneys for the Institute for Justice are planning to sue the town of Gibraltar, Wisconsin, over its food truck ban on behalf of a local food truck…
read nowLawsuit causes North Carolina town to abolish restrictive food truck law
September 4, 2018
Carolina Beach, North Carolina, has abolished a law that restricted food trucks to brick and mortar restaurants after a group of food truck owners and the…
read nowNorth Carolina food truck owners sue town over exclusionary food truck law
August 22, 2018
A group of North Carolina food truck owners and the Institute for Justice have filed a lawsuit to strike down a ban on out-of-town food trucks imposed by…
read nowLos Angeles police seek suspects who robbed food truck, pistol-whipped employee
August 14, 2018
Police are asking for the public's help in finding three armed men who robbed a Los Angeles taco truck and assaulted an employee last month, authorities said…
read nowNew York town cracks down on wineries that host food trucks
July 27, 2018
Southold, a town in Suffolk County, New York, has begun issuing citations to wineries for hosting food trucks, following warnings issued a month ago, according…
read nowToronto food trucks split over parking plan favoring established operators
June 28, 2018
Food trucks in Toronto are split over a proposal to extend permits to 23 food trucks that will allow those trucks to operate in certain spots through Dec. 31…
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