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Florida Senator: Tax breaks for CSX, other big companies ‘just look bad’
(Source: Orlando Sentinel, March 20, 2013) ORLANDO, Fla. — Some senators are turning an increasingly skeptical eye towards a nearly two-year-old tax break that supporters said would help lure major new capital investment to Florida but which so far looks more like a...
Asarco urges regulators to look for lead pollution on Union Pacific lines as it sues railroad
(Source: Associated Press, March 20, 2013) OMAHA, Neb. — Asarco wants environmental regulators to examine whether Union Pacific contributed to lead pollution along railroad lines to make sure the $1.8 billion it has paid for cleanups is effective. Full story: The...
SEPTA completes lineup of new Silverliner V cars
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, March 21, 2013) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA received its last Silverliner V railcar on Wednesday, completing the long-delayed delivery of 120 new cars purchased in 2006 for $274 million. The total cost, including spare parts and associated...
Trans-Pacific Partnership: A way to change U.S. law behind closed doors
(Source: Teamster Nation, March 20, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C — The Trans-Pacific Partnership, aka NAFTA on steroids, is also known as Taking Peoples' Power. That's because corporate lobbyists are trying to influence it to change U.S. laws they don't like. Full story:...
Norfolk Southern CEO’s 2012 total pay: $12.66 million; other top executives see double-digit pay increases
(Source: Virginian Pilot, March 20, 2013) NORFOLK, Va. — Total compensation packages last year rose for six of Norfolk Southern Corp.'s top seven executives, by double-digit percentages for five of them, according to the company's proxy statement released Wednesday....
Kansas House approves ban on union pay deductions
(Source: Associated Press, March 19, 2013) LAWRENCE, Kan. — A bill barring public employee unions in Kansas from deducting money from members’ paychecks to help finance political activities cleared the Republican-dominated Legislature on Tuesday. The House voted 68-54...
Workers lose jobs as pink slips go out due to sequestration
(Source: Huffington Post, March 20, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Republican politicians insist that the Obama administration has "exaggerated" the effects of sequestration, people around the country are beginning to see for themselves what the results of the $85...
Pennsylvania woman parks car on train tracks because she hates train horns
(Source: Observer-Reporter, March 18, 2013) WASHINGTON, Pa. — Police say the sound of a train whistle apparently became too much for a Monongahela woman who allegedly parked her car on the tracks Friday night so it would get hit by a train. Full story:...
Probation sentence for Amtrak restroom arsonist
(Source: Associated Press, March 19, 2013) EUGENE, Ore. — A man who started a fire in the restroom of an Amtrak train stopped in Eugene was sentenced to three years' probation and ordered to get drug and mental health treatment. Full story: San Francisco Chronicle
What’s behind the Emergency Management of Detroit? Michigan governor imposes corporate rule
(Source: Global Research website, March 18, 2013) DETROIT, Mich. — On March 14, multi-millionaire Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Kevyn Orr as an “emergency manager’ over the city of Detroit. Detroit becomes the latest city in a string of other majority African American...
