State Battles Roundup
Sunday, May 24th, 2015State Battles Roundup 05/14/2015 Kenneth Quinnell In many states, legislative sessions have ended recently or are about to end and local governments are often active year-round. This means tons of legislation, both good and bad, is moving, providing opportunities for working families and their allies to pass laws that will help make people’s lives easier or […]
The real reason for the GOP’s all-out war on Obamacare
Sunday, May 24th, 2015Sun Aug 11, 2013 at 01:35 PM PDT The real reason for the GOP’s all-out war on Obamacare During his press conference on Friday, President Obama pondered why the GOP’s “number one priority, the one unifying principle in the Republican Party at the moment is making sure that 30 million people don’t have health care.” […]
A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT AND CEO JOE BOARDMAN ON TRAIN 188
Friday, May 15th, 2015A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT AND CEO JOE BOARDMAN ON TRAIN 188 The derailment of Northeast Regional Train 188 was a terrible tragedy that we are responding to with every resource we have available. The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation to determine the cause of the incident, and Amtrak is providing full […]
NTSB to Hold its Last Media Briefing on Amtrak Accident in Philadelphia
Friday, May 15th, 2015NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD MEDIA ADVISORY An independent federal agency NTSB to Hold its Last Media Briefing on Amtrak Accident in Philadelphia May 15, 2015 The National Transportation Safety Board will hold its fourth and final media briefing on its investigation into Tuesday night’s Amtrak accident in Philadelphia. Event: Media Briefing by NTSB Member Robert Sumwalt […]
NTSB Issues 7 Safety Recommendations as a Result of Its Investigation of the March 24, 2014 Chicago Transit Authority Train Collision with Bumping Post and Escalator at O’Hare Station
Friday, May 15th, 2015NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONAn independent Federal agency RAIL NTSB Issues 7 Safety Recommendations as a Result of Its Investigation of the March 24, 2014 Chicago Transit Authority Train Collision with Bumping Post and Escalator at O’Hare Station May 14, 2015 The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issues the following safety recommendations: To the […]
Russ Feingold to run for Senate
Friday, May 15th, 2015Across Wisconsin, people tell me all the time: Our politics in Washington are broken, and multi-millionaires, billionaires, and big corporations are calling all the shots. Wisconsinites are tired of it, but no one says they want to throw in the towel. And I don’t either. But if we want to change our […]
NTSB Investigates Train Derailment in Philadelphia
Friday, May 15th, 2015NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD NEWS RELEASE An independent federal agency NTSB Investigates Train Derailment in Philadelphia May 13, 2015 The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a go-team to investigate an Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, Pa. NTSB investigator Mike Flanigon is leading the team as investigator-in-charge. NTSB Board Member Robert Sumwalt is accompanying the team […]
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Acting for Impaired Railroad Retirement Beneficiaries
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Public Affairs 312-751-4777 877-772-5772 Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 rrb.gov For Publication April 2015 Acting for Impaired Railroad Retirement Beneficiaries According to Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) policy, every annuitant has the right to manage his or her own benefits. However, when physical or mental impairments make a […]
Wisconsin Central, Ltd.–Discontinuance of Service Exemption
Monday, December 8th, 2014[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 2014)] [Notices] [Pages 71815-71816] [FR Doc No: 2014-28410] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. AB 303 (Sub-No. 45X] Wisconsin Central, Ltd.–Discontinuance of Service Exemption–in Ashland and Iron Counties, Wis., and Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Mich. Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL) has filed a verified […]
Shuster-DeFazio Looks Set to Follow Shuster-Rahall Tone
Thursday, November 27th, 2014By David Harrison, CQ Roll Call Taste of Shuster-DeFazio. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee appears ready to maintain the relatively amicable atmosphere that reigned between Chairman Bill Shuster, R-Pa., and ranking member Nick J. Rahall II, D-W.Va., after Rahall’s departure at the end of the current Congress. Oregon’s Peter A. DeFazio will become […]
