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Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said Tuesday he strongly disagrees with a Biden Administration decision to ship some of the hazardous material left over from the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, to an Indiana landfill.
The Ohio Senate is expected to begin examining the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on Wednesday when a Select Committee on Rail Safety holds its first hearing.
The Ohio Railroad Association opposes three new legislative proposals state lawmakers recently introduced and say will make railways across the state safer.
In responding to the East Palestine train derailment in Ohio, Pennsylvania officials said Norfolk Southern’s cagey behavior undermined the state’s emergency response.
The National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report released Thursday morning it found a wheel bearing nearing failure moments before a Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
A section manager who oversees power and mechanical workers for a San Francisco area transit company made $433,682 including $246,847 in overtime to become the highest paid employee of the agency.
A group of Ohio House members want to be consulted by federal and state officials in the aftermath of a train derailment that continues to draw concern from residents in East Palestine, Ohio.
A bipartisan group of suburban New York lawmakers want their regions to be exempted from a proposed payroll tax increase being pitched by Gov. Kathy Hochul to help bail out the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Ten points of enhancement or change are being recommended by the national transportation secretary nearly three weeks after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.