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Memorial Day

We honor the fallen on Memorial Day In April and May of 1866, businesses closed, flags were at half-staff and Decoration Day or Memorial Day events for Civil War dead took place in numerous locations connected with the origins of Memorial Day. The Grand Army of the...

From The Governor’s Office

[https://www.illinois.gov/about/PublishingImages/seal.gif] Office of the Governor Bruce Rauner Friday, May 22, 2015 ICYMI: The Associated Press Below is an excerpt from a story from The Associated Press: Gov. Bruce Rauner plans to introduce legislation Friday to...

APTA: MAP-21 extension bill falls short of infrastructure needs

Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation APTA: MAP-21 extension bill falls short of infrastructure needs   The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed a two-month extension to MAP-21, the federal government’s surface transportation funding...

Happy Anniversary 152nd!

BLET marks 152nd anniversary today http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5708 CLEVELAND, May 8 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen proudly celebrates its 152nd anniversary today. The union was founded as the Brotherhood of the Footboard on...

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....