Pub. 2 2021-2022 Issue 3

Tyler Kivi is the vice president and chief operating officer at Kivi Brothers Trucking, a third-generation family business with headquarters in Duluth, Minnesota, and terminals in Blaine, Minnesota, and Harrodsburg, Kentucky, as well as a logging yard in Kimball, Wisconsin.

California sometimes affects Kentucky in important ways. One good example is a recent case about California’s AB5 rule in which an appeal against AB5 failed, and the U.S. Supreme Court denied cert. (What does it mean to be denied cert? Fewer than four Supreme Court justices thought the ruling merited a review.) Oregon and Washington are considering copying California and passing similar rules.

Our research at the association indicates that 89.2% of Kentucky’s communities depend on the truck drivers who bring stores the goods they sell. That makes our industry vitally important to everyone’s quality of life.