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Year 2010 Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Insurance Taxes
CHICAGO — The amounts of compensation subject to railroad retirement tier I and tier II payroll taxes and the tier I and tier II tax rates on employees and employers remain unchanged in 2010. Railroad unemployment insurance tax rates paid by employers will continue to...
No Railroad Retirement benefit increase in 2010; Most retiree earnings limits remain at 2009 levels
(The Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on October 16, 2009.) CHICAGO — Railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, will not increase in January 2010 as there was no increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the third quarter of...
Final RRB Informational Conference of 2009 is Dec. 11
CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board holds free information conferences for railroaders. Conference registration begins at 8 a.m., with the programs beginning promptly at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 12:30 p.m. The final Conference of 2009 is as follows: December...
KSC Holiday train fosters Christmas feeling
(The following story by JJ Velasquez appeared in the Victoira Advocate December 4, 2009.) VICTORIA, KS - Isabella Bruno hopped aboard the Kansas City Southern Holiday Express train Friday to see Santa Claus and ask him one question: Is he missing a reindeer? The...
Will legal caveat defeat SunRail?
(The following story by Jim Saunders appeared in the Tallahassee Journal on December 6, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE -- Florida lawmakers dug into a 49-page bill Friday that conjures a future of passenger trains zipping through the state. But for the proposed SunRail...
NJ high speed rail advocates call on Congress for funding
(The following story by Andy Lagomarsino on NewJerseynewsroom.com on December 4, 2009.) Support $4 billion investment A new high speed rail network will put people to work, clean our air, cut our energy-consumption, facilitate travel and assist in the resurgence of...
BNSF Coal car runs off track near Newcastle
(The News-Record circulated the following on December 5, 2009.) NEWCASTLE - One car on a 120-car BNSF Railway coal train ran off the tracks between Upton and Newcastle early Friday morning, causing a backup of coal trains in the Powder River Basin. No one was hurt in...
Florida Senators continue to squabble over rail plan
The House appeared likely to approve a commuter rail proposal, but the outcome remained far from certain in the Senate. (The following story by Shannon Colavecchio, Marc Caputo, and John Frank appeared in the Miami Herald on December 5, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE -- A special...
Florida Senate president confident in passage of rail legislation
(The following story by Bill Kaczor, The Associated Press, appeared in the Herald Tribune December 5, 2009.) Senate President Jeff Atwater says he is confident his chamber will reverse its prior opposition to legislation that would clear the way for a commuter rail...
Florida rail plan on shaky ground
(The following story by Steve Bousquet, Marc Caputo, and Shannon Colavecchio appeared in the Miami Herald on December 4, 2009.) A special lawmaking session on passenger rail projects opened Thursday with a Republican senator abandoning his support and critics firing...
