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Fiery oil train derailment highlights lack of MN rail deal

Fiery oil train derailment highlights lack of MN rail deal     By Don Davis Forum News Service POSTED:   05/06/2015 12:01:00 AM CDT | UPDATED:   31 MIN. AGO   This photo provided by Curt Bemson shows smoke and fire coming from an oil train that derailed...

House GOP proposes tighter transportation spending in FY2016

  4/29/2015 House GOP proposes tighter transportation spending in FY2016   The Republican-led House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal-year 2016 budget proposals for transportation, housing and urban development, which call for cuts to the U.S....

2015 Illinois Workers’ Memorial Day Events

Call 217.544.4014 For More Information On These And Other Legislative Issues Important To Working People – Alton Tuesday, April 28, the Greater Madison County Federation of Labor AFL-CIO will hold their annual Workers’ Memorial Day services at the Workers...

PTC Shorter Extension

  4/21/2015 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Sens. Schumer, Blumenthal propose shorter extension of PTC deadline   Responding to recent fatal passenger train crashes and crude-oil train derailments, U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and...