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War on Workers: Ohio House panel gives fast-track approval to change election law
(Source: Columbus Dispatch, March 20, 2013) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Despite pleas to slow down and reconsider portions of a bill that would limit how long signatures can be collected for ballot initiatives, the House will vote this week on the measure that already has Senate...
North Carolina House panel tightens rules for railroad company
(Source: Associated Press, March 19, 2013) RALEIGH, N.C. — Some legislators support a plan placing more supervision on North Carolina's state-owned railroad company and requiring it to transfer cash and future dividends to help fix and renovate state government...
Opinion: That high-speed rail fantasy map need not be a fantasy
(Source: Slate column by Jeremy Stahl, March 15, 2013) Last month, graphic designer and railroad aficionado Alfred Twu published a stunning map of what America would look like if virtually every last nook and cranny of the country were connected by a state-of-the-art,...
High-speed rail study finds that remote cities benefit from connection to global hubs
(Source: Phys.org, March 20, 2013) Bullet trains fuel real-estate booms, improve quality of life and create other unintended consequences by sharply reducing commute times from smaller cities to large megacities, economists from UCLA and China's Tsinghua University...
California officials OK $8.6 billion in debt for high-speed rail
(Source: Reuters, March 18, 2013) SAN FRANCISCO — California officials approved on Monday the sale of up to $8.6 billion in state bonds to help build a planned high-speed rail system projected to cost $68 billion. Full story: Reuters
Video: ‘Trains matter to me,’ National Train Day 2013
(Source: Amtrak video release, March 18, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Join us on May 11, 2013 at the sixth annual National Train Day to show that trains matter to you, your town, and your community. Attend an event around the country, host your own, and until then, spend...
BLET to mark 150th anniversary on May 8
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 20, 2013) The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) soon will reach a major milestone when it marks its 150th anniversary on May 8. Considered the oldest transportation labor organization in North America, the...
There are winners in Detroit’s financial crisis: the banks — and they are shielded from any risk by the new Emergency Manager law
(Source: Electablog, March 18, 2013) There’s a story emerging out of Detroit about the role too-big-to-fail banks have played in the creation of Detroit’s fiscal emergency. Last week, Dave Dayen reported at the National Memo that some banks have begun foreclosure...
War on Workers in Ohio: Bill to limit referendum process could pass this week
(Source: Plunderbund, March 17, 2013) In 2012, Ohio Republicans used early voting restrictions to limit turnout among reliably Democratic voting groups. Now they are continuing their efforts to restrict the voices of their political opposition. Republicans, safely in...
Hoffa denounces TSA decision to allow knives in aircraft cabin
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 18, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa repeated his strong opposition to the Transport Security Administration’s (TSA) decision to allow knives in the aircraft cabin in a...
