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East Palestine Ohio
Environment

Norfolk Southern dodges furious Ohio residents over fiery, toxic train crash: ‘Why are they being hush-hush?’

By Patrick Orsagos and The Associated Press
February 16, 2023
Ohio train crash
Environment

‘They’re understandably concerned’: The fiery Ohio train crash has been mismanaged, says an engineer who studies chemical disasters

By Andrew J. Whelton and The Conversation
February 15, 2023
East Palestine
Environment

Huge smoke plumes, sick and dead animals, persisting odors: Ohio village is not the same after toxic train crash

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February 15, 2023
Toxic Ohio train crash
Environment

‘This is a big, big deal’: Ohio’s governor is shocked at the toxic train derailment that forced a town to evacuate

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
February 9, 2023
Fuel containers at a rail terminal in Richmond, California
Finance

Sick pay for rail workers gets investor backing: ‘In this day and age, this really boggles the mind why a company would not provide that’

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
December 6, 2022
Joe Biden
Politics

Biden signs bill to avert rail strike and ‘an economic catastrophe at a very bad time in the calendar’

By Josh Boak, Aamer Madhani and The Associated Press
December 2, 2022
Congress passes bill imposing rail contract to avert crippling railroad shutdown—but without the paid sick days unions wanted
Politics

Congress passes bill imposing rail contract to avert crippling railroad shutdown—but without the paid sick days unions wanted

By Kevin Freking, Josh Funk and The Associated Press
December 2, 2022
Pete Buttigieg
Politics

Do rail workers deserve sick leave? Biden’s White House wants the Senate to force a deal without one.

By Kevin Freking, Josh Funk and The Associated Press
December 1, 2022
House votes to impose rail contract with paid sick days to head off crippling railroad shutdown
Politics

House votes to impose rail contract with paid sick days to head off crippling railroad shutdown

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
December 1, 2022
Biden pushes Congress to impose railroad deal before strike deadline: ‘a rail shutdown would devastate our economy’
Politics

Biden pushes Congress to impose railroad deal before strike deadline: ‘a rail shutdown would devastate our economy’

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
November 29, 2022
Photo illustration of rail worker fading away on a train track
Finance

We might be headed for a rail strike by Thanksgiving that could cripple US supply chains and push the economy ‘over the edge’

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November 5, 2022
Second railroad union rejects contract over lack of paid sick time, raising the odds of a strike that could cripple the U.S. economy
Finance

Second railroad union rejects contract over lack of paid sick time, raising the odds of a strike that could cripple the U.S. economy

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
October 27, 2022
Joe Biden
Politics

Railroads are drawing the line at paid sick time, raising the chances of a strike that could cripple the U.S. economy

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
October 20, 2022
railroad welder
Finance

Why many railroad workers still won’t approve a new contract: ‘Eventually there won’t be anybody to fix those choo-choos’

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
October 14, 2022
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett walks past a BNSF display at a 2010 exhibition in Omaha, Nebraska
Finance

What really happened with the giant railroad strike that wasn’t—and how Warren Buffett was involved

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September 15, 2022

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