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LaHood talks up high-speed links in NW Indiana stop
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 25, 2011.) HESTERTON, Ind. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says 80 percent of the country would be served by high-speed rail service once a national network of lines is complete. LaHood spoke...
Wisconsin Assembly OKs union-weakening bill, moves to Senate
(The following appeared on the CNN website on February 25, 2011.) The Wisconsin state Assembly passed a Republican bill Friday that strips most public workers of their collective bargaining rights, but the fight over the bill seems far from over. The bill still has to...
Public union battles spread across U.S.
(The following appeared on the CNN website on February 24, 2011.) The fight over public union benefits and collective bargaining is spreading across the United States. Here is a state-by-state breakdown: Wisconsin Thousands of people have protested a proposal in...
Hoffa: We held the line in Indiana
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on February 25, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today said the national outpouring of support for working families helped defeat a bill in Indiana that would destroy...
Guilty pleas move probe ahead on attempt to derail train
(The following appeared on the Buffalo News website on February 24, 2011.) BUFFALO, N.Y. — Federal investigators Wednesday appeared to take a step forward in their probe into who used a barricade in an attempt to derail an Amtrak passenger train carrying 354 people in...
RailAmerica posts $17.9 million 4Q profit
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on February 23, 2011.) Short line operator RailAmerica had a fourth-quarter profit of $17.9 million, up from a $6.9 million loss in the final period of 2009. RailAmerica owns and operates 40 small railroads...
Opinion: Trains come through in the storm
(The following column by John D. Boyd appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on February 23, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Karen Rae had to catch a train, so the Federal Railroad Administration's deputy administrator departed early from a high-powered Jan. 26 meeting...
Indiana official: “Use live ammunition” against Wisconsin protesters
(The following appeared on the Mother Jones website.) On Saturday night, when Mother Jones staffers tweeted a report that riot police might soon sweep demonstrators out of the Wisconsin capitol building — something that didn't end up happening — one Twitter user sent...
Biden defends unions against conservative ‘social agenda’
(The following appeared on The Hill website on February 23, 2011.) Unions are not the cause of the country's economic woes, Vice President Biden said Wednesday. “Public employees are not the problem. The problem is much deeper,” Biden said during a fundraiser in New...
Top six revelations in the call between fake David Koch and Governor Scott Walker
(The following appeared on the Huffington Post website on February 23, 2011.) The call made by a Buffalo blogger pretending to be billionaire right-wing activist David Koch to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is quickly making an impact on the news cycle. (You can...
