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Bethlehem being considered for inland port
(Source: The Morning Call, June 5, 2013) BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Bethlehem is more than 70 miles from the nearest ocean, but it may soon become an international port. The Port of New York and New Jersey is in talks with Norfolk Southern railroad to turn Bethlehem's...
California high-speed rail project impacted by Surface Transportation Board
(Source: The Modesto Bee, June 5, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The California high-speed rail project is rapidly approaching an intersection controlled by a powerful but usually low-profile federal board. Behind the scenes, high-level advocates and skeptics alike have...
War on democracy in Wisconsin: Bill would enact voter ID, end disclosure, limit early voting, expand lobbyist influence
(Source: PR Watch, May 29, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Wisconsin legislator has managed to bundle nearly all of the excesses associated with dirty elections into a single bill that good government advocates are describing as a "sweeping assault on democracy:" the...
Wal-Mart’s low wages cost taxpayers
(Source: CNN, June 5, 2013) NEW YORK — The cost of low wages at Wal-Mart are at the center of a new report released last week by the Democratic staff of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Low wages are an issue across the economy, but Wal-Mart, as the...
U.S. worker productivity increases as hourly compensation drops
(Source: Los Angeles Times, June 5, 2013) LOS ANGELES — American workers increased their productivity in the first quarter as hourly compensation fell. Full story: Los Angeles Times
Teamsters applaud TSA reversal of knives on planes policy
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 5, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union today lauded the Transportation Security Administration for reversing its plan to allow knives on planes after facing months of fierce opposition,...
Obama nominates Carper for second term on Amtrak board
(Source: Quincy Herald-Whig, June 5, 2013) MACOMB, Ill. — President Barack Obama has re-nominated former Macomb mayor Tom Carper to the Amtrak Board of Directors. Carper got confirmation Wednesday afternoon from staff members in the White House. Full story: Quincy...
Sierra Club sues BNSF over alleged Clean Water Act violations
(Source: Bloomberg News, June 5, 2013) NEW YORK — Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BNSF Railway Co. and five other coal shippers were sued by the Sierra Club over claims they discharge coal into Puget Sound and other waterways in violation of the U.S. Clean Water Act. The...
Lautenberg’s casket placed on Amtrak train in Seacucus
(Source: The Jersey Journal, June 5, 2013) SEACUCUS — An American flag draped the casket of Sen. Frank Lautenberg as it was placed aboard a D.C-bound train at the Frank R. Lautenberg Secaucus Junction Station this afternoon. NJ Transit police officers rolled the...
AAR: Railroads report record quarter for crude-by-rail
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, May 30, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported today that U.S. Class I railroads originated a record 97,135 carloads of crude oil in the first quarter, up 20 percent from...
