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Locked out railway workers outside of the CN Rail Brampton yard on Thursday in Brampton ON, Canada.

US industries prepare for hit from Canadian rail strike

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 22, 2024 at 10:32am
Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm testifies during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing in April.

Energy Department awards $2.2B in grid grants

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 6, 2024 at 6:00am
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg says the rule will keep families from facing "additional stresses or costs" when flying.

Proposal would bar airline fees for parents to sit beside kids

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 1, 2024 at 8:10am
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, and ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, agreed to shelve the Homeland Security bill until the fall.

Spending bill punts

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 29, 2024 at 6:46pm
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., left, is seen with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on the House floor before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday.

Interior-Environment spending bill passes House in late-night surprise

By Valerie Yurk and David Lerman
Posted July 25, 2024 at 5:33pm
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, addresses the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17.

Vance pick for VP muddies push for rail safety bill

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 25, 2024 at 7:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters after his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday.

House lawmakers to start summer break Thursday morning

By David Lerman and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 24, 2024 at 12:02pm
President Joe Biden in May.

White House awards funds to convert old plants to EV and hybrid sites

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 11, 2024 at 5:00am
Dave Calhoun, CEO of Boeing, testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee hearing on “Boeing’s Broken Safety Culture,” on June 18.

Boeing to plead guilty in fatal 737 Max crashes

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 8, 2024 at 10:54am
“The absence of a fatality or injury doesn’t mean the presence of safety,” Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said Tuesday.

NTSB says bad sensor, poor response worsened East Palestine wreck

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 25, 2024 at 2:15pm
The site of the derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio.

Rail safety legislation lingers as NTSB wraps East Palestine probe

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 24, 2024 at 11:47am
Dave Calhoun, CEO of Boeing, is sworn in to the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on Tuesday.

Senate report piles on new allegations of Boeing safety failures

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 18, 2024 at 4:18pm
Mike Whitaker, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing in February.

FAA’s Whitaker says agency ‘too hands off’ on Boeing

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 13, 2024 at 2:29pm
Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives are seen at the Freight 2030 event on Sept. 10, 2021, in Pittsburgh.

Railroad industry is running late on Biden’s climate track

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 12, 2024 at 6:59am
Sen. Ben Ray Luján is pushing for a House vote on a Senate bill to expand the fund under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act that would compensate those harmed by radiation from America’s development of nuclear weapons.

House departure leaves radiation compensation fund in limbo

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 5, 2024 at 6:01pm
House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves, R-Mo., attends a panel organizational meeting and hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Feb. 1, 2023.

GOP lawmakers question big awards to California high-speed rail

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 3, 2024 at 3:49pm
Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, has sought to drum up support for a rail safety measure.

Norfolk Southern agrees to $1B in settlements for East Palestine

By Valerie Yurk
Posted May 23, 2024 at 1:50pm
A Rivian electric vehicle charges outside of Blink Charging’s new flagship manufacturing facility in Bowie, Md., in March.

Election year politics roil the EV transition

By Mike Magner and Valerie Yurk
Posted May 20, 2024 at 12:09pm
A Delta Air Lines jet flies past the Capitol dome as it approaches Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on February 18.

House clears FAA bill for Biden

By Valerie Yurk
Posted May 15, 2024 at 4:21pm
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., tried to remove provisions from the FAA bill that add flights to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Less turbulent ride for FAA bill predicted in House

By Valerie Yurk
Posted May 13, 2024 at 3:52pm
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has promised to hold up work on the FAA bill unless he wins an amendment vote on his bill to expand a compensation program for victims of radiation exposure.

Aviation bill dogfight

By David Lerman and Valerie Yurk
Posted May 6, 2024 at 3:03pm
Luggage sits at baggage claim at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Glen Burnie, Md., on Dec. 28, 2022 after Southwest Airlines cancelled thousands of flights.

Airlines must report fees, issue prompt refunds, new rules say

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 24, 2024 at 9:31am
Michael Whitaker, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on Feb. 6.

Lawmakers question FAA’s resolve amid Boeing investigations

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 23, 2024 at 12:23pm
A wind turbine, along with two under construction behind it, at the South Fork Wind Farm off the coast of Long Island, N.Y., in December.

Officials search for offshore wind radar interference fix

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 15, 2024 at 5:44pm
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks about Tuesday’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore during a White House press briefing Wednesday. Vice Admiral Peter W. Gautier, Coast Guard deputy commandant for operations, is standing behind him.

Officials: Baltimore bridge price tag could be at least $2 billion

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 27, 2024 at 3:45pm
Small boats surround a cargo ship after the ship ran into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday morning.

Lawmakers eye additional funding after Baltimore bridge collapse

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 26, 2024 at 12:41pm, Updated at 2:19pm
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, in the Capitol in February. He says "Congress should act" regarding incidents involving United Airlines flights.

Lawmakers press for investigation of United Airlines mishaps

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 21, 2024 at 2:52pm
An Southwest Airlines plane passes the Capitol dome before landing at Washington Reagan National Airport on Feb. 9.

Virginia, Maryland senators renew National flight slot debate

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 18, 2024 at 12:42pm
Chairman Sam Graves, R-Mo., at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing in February 2023.

Graves, Crawford to each seek top GOP slot on Transportation Committee

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 5, 2024 at 4:12pm
President Joe Biden plans to announce Wednesday an order aimed at protecting certain personal data of Americans from being gathered by China, Russia and other countries.

Biden cracks down on personal data sales to China, Russia

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 28, 2024 at 5:00am
Robotic truck company Aurora shows off a self-driving semi-truck at the CES tech show in Las Vegas in 2022.

Truck rule is first test drive of federal autonomous vehicle oversight

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 21, 2024 at 7:00am
President Joe Biden plans to announce Wednesday an order aimed at protecting certain personal data of Americans from being gathered by China, Russia and other countries.

Biden’s trip to East Palestine could amplify campaign message

By Niels Lesniewski and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 15, 2024 at 3:44pm
An JetBlue Embraer ERJ-190 plane flies past the Capitol dome as it comes in for a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday.

Cantwell to accelerate pace of aviation bills in wake of door blowout

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 13, 2024 at 3:35pm
Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Thursday, January 11, 2024.

White House stumps for rail safety measure ahead of Biden visit to East Palestine

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 31, 2024 at 5:01pm
Rep. Josh Gottheimer wants to ensure that new automobiles have AM radio.

Carmakers ditching AM radio is ‘unsafe,’ some lawmakers say

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 30, 2024 at 6:05pm
Washington National Airport is seen from a departing flight in 2021.

FAA reauthorization lifts airline lobbying totals

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 29, 2024 at 2:31pm
President Joe Biden speaks to a United Auto Workers conference at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.

UAW endorses Biden after close look at EV-related jobs

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 24, 2024 at 4:39pm
Texas Republican Rep. Roger Williams says, “I’m not against EVs, but I’m for competition.”

Tighter vehicle emission standards are a tightrope for Biden

By Valerie Yurk and Mike Magner
Posted January 24, 2024 at 3:42pm
Zsuzsa Gyenes is one of many East Palestine residents still concerned about contamination from the rail accident nearly a year ago.

East Palestine residents’ distrust grows in year since derailment

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 18, 2024 at 6:30am
Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board.

Alaska Airlines investigation would halt in shutdown, NTSB says

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 17, 2024 at 5:22pm
An American Eagle plane is seen at Key West International Airport, on Thursday, February 23, 2023.

Senate passes FAA extension until March

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 19, 2023 at 9:56pm
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said recent rail investments are the largest since Amtrak was created.

High-speed routes biggest winners in latest rail funding round

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 8, 2023 at 6:32pm
Sen. Joe Manchin has criticized proposed EV tax credit rules as opening the door for China to benefit from American taxpayers.

EV tax credit rules would clarify restrictions on foreign-made batteries

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 4, 2023 at 2:45pm
Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, is resigning to take a job as president of Youngstown State University.

Rep. Bill Johnson accepts university post, but not quitting House right away

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 21, 2023 at 4:40pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., objected to language in the Senate's bill that could allow pilots to complete some of their training on simulators.

‘Near misses’ add urgency to FAA reauthorization efforts

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 21, 2023 at 11:05am
An Amtrak train pulls into Union Station in Washington on Friday, April 22, 2022.

Northeast Corridor gets $16 billion amid Amtrak fight

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 6, 2023 at 5:18am
Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., says additional National Airport slots would be “pro-consumer.”

United Airlines leads air lobbying as FAA bill stalls

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 1, 2023 at 3:54pm
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., received support from several Democrats for his amendment dealing with veterans' gun rights.

Senate adopts gun provision among amendments to spending bill

By Caitlin Reilly, John M. Donnelly, Valerie Yurk and Ellyn Ferguson
Posted October 25, 2023 at 6:07pm, Updated at 7:42pm
Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday he expects the Senate to begin voting Wednesday on amendments to a package of three fiscal 2024 spending bills.

Senate reaches deal to start voting on appropriations package

By Caitlin Reilly and Valerie Yurk
Posted October 24, 2023 at 1:23pm
One hangup is the vote threshold for an amendment by Sen. Kevin Cramer that would stop the Transportation Department from directing state and metropolitan transportation authorities to establish their own targets for lowering and measuring carbon emissions.

Senate leaders struggle to keep pace with ‘minibus’ amendments

By Caitlin Reilly, Valerie Yurk and Ellyn Ferguson
Posted October 23, 2023 at 2:01pm
Sen. Jon Tester has noted that the Amtrak board must have some membership outside of Northeast Corridor states.

Previously stalled FAA, Amtrak nominees move toward vote in Senate

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 18, 2023 at 5:48pm
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., held up Amtrak nominations that were not compliant with a 2021 infrastructure law.

White House to withdraw Amtrak nominee to lift Senate blockade

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 11, 2023 at 7:33pm, Updated at 9:28pm
President Joe Biden has called for an electric vehicle transition that has caused unease for some autoworkers.

Biden, Trump visit Michigan in battle for union vote

By Valerie Yurk
Posted September 26, 2023 at 11:41am, Updated at 1:59pm
Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance is one of several Republicans telling auto workers that the Biden administration's push for electric vehicles isn't in the workers' interest.

As Democrats back auto workers, GOP spots a divide over EVs

By Valerie Yurk
Posted September 15, 2023 at 1:29pm, Updated at 4:28pm
The Federal Aviation Administration hasn't had a leader confirmed by the Senate in more than a year and a half.

Biden to nominate Whitaker to lead the FAA

By Valerie Yurk
Posted September 7, 2023 at 11:58am, Updated at 6:19pm
The Virginia and Maryland senators say Reagan National is already well above its capacity.

Virginia, Maryland senators dig in against more National flights

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 24, 2023 at 5:02pm
House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers says the proposed standards will add to the price of buying a car.

GOP readies fight against new fuel economy standards

By Valerie Yurk and Mike Magner
Posted August 1, 2023 at 1:51pm
Senate Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., abruptly cancelled an FAA markup in June over a "miscommunication" about pilot training. Ranking member Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, blamed it on Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y.

FAA extension on the horizon as legislative calendar shortens

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 1, 2023 at 6:00am
Automakers contend the Biden administration’s goal of electric vehicles comprising 67 percent of new cars sold by 2032 is not reasonable or achievable.

Nervous automakers await rules pushing them toward EVs

By Mike Magner and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 25, 2023 at 5:30am
From left, Jack Potter, president and CEO of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., told reporters Monday they oppose changes to Reagan National Airport’s slot and perimeter rules.

Senators say adding flights to National could slow FAA bill

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 10, 2023 at 7:48pm
A fire department drone equipped with a thermal imaging camera and loudspeaker flies over a German training area during a fire drill on June 24.

FAA bills would launch drones to fight wildfires

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 10, 2023 at 3:43pm
Biden noted the support of Sen. Joe Manchin III, a Democrat from West Virginia, which is among the top states receiving the funds on a per capita basis.

Alaska to receive most per-capita aid in broadband funding rollout

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 28, 2023 at 6:00am
A 2021 law allocated more $65 billion to improve internet access, particularly in remote and rural areas.

Biden to announce state breakdown of 2021 law’s broadband funding

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 26, 2023 at 5:00am
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., wants the Amtrak board to have more geographic diversity.

Tester says he and Biden progressing on Amtrak board diversity

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 21, 2023 at 1:25pm
House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves, R-Mo., said he expects fewer differences between the parties on the House aviation reauthorization than there will be between the House and Senate bills.

Congress tees up FAA, pipeline safety, rail, supply chain bills

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 6, 2023 at 5:30am
Ranking member Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Chair Sen. Maria Cantwell , D-Wash., conduct a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing.

Senate markup highlights tension in rail safety talks

By Valerie Yurk
Posted May 10, 2023 at 5:14pm
Southwest Airlines' schedule meltdown in December prompted a flurry of legislation.

Biden administration drafting airline passenger protection rules

By Valerie Yurk
Posted May 8, 2023 at 2:07pm, Updated at 3:58pm
An offshore wind development off Block Island, R.I., in 2016.

Offshore energy fight returns in Coast Guard authorization

By Valerie Yurk
Posted May 4, 2023 at 7:00am
"The irony is, the prices of newer vehicles will escalate, incentivizing truckers and businesses to hold onto their older, higher-emitting trucks,” said Sen. Deb Fischer, sponsor of the resolution.

Senate passes measure to roll back truck emissions rule

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 26, 2023 at 6:07pm
The Biden administration hopes its new heavy-duty truck emission standards will encourage the deployment of cleaner rigs like this Tesla Semi, but a 100-year-old excise tax may discourage purchases.

Truckers and lawmakers pitch tax repeal to meet emission goals

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 24, 2023 at 2:26pm
The EPA has proposed tighter restrictions on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.

GOP sees Biden’s EV push as leverage for permitting

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 19, 2023 at 6:00am
"This is what we mean when we say that tackling the climate crisis is about creating opportunity," said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan.

To boost EVs, EPA proposes stricter vehicle emissions standards

By David Jordan and Valerie Yurk
Posted April 12, 2023 at 8:34am
President Joe Biden visited a GM electric-vehicle assembly plant in 2021.

Lawmakers question ‘rushed’ US-Japan EV minerals deal

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 10, 2023 at 11:37am
“The Senate deserves explanations; Americans and communities like East Palestine want answers," said Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer.

Safety board considering rail industry investigation

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 23, 2023 at 2:31pm
“You cannot, on the one hand, beg the government to bail you out of a labor dispute three months ago and then say that it's ‘big government’ to have proper safety standards,” said Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio,

Vance: Rail safety legislation is not ‘big government’

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 22, 2023 at 4:29pm
JetBlue and Spirit planes at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport last year.

DOJ files suit to block JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 7, 2023 at 1:30pm, Updated at 1:57pm
Phil Washington, nominee to be administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies during his Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in the Russell Building on Wednesday.

Biden’s FAA nominee faces military waiver challenge

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 2, 2023 at 12:10pm, Updated at 4:52pm
A video screenshot released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the site of a derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio.

Senate gets bipartisan rail safety bill after Ohio derailment

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 1, 2023 at 4:47pm
A new rule has triggered an outcry from small-fleet truckers that echoes their response when the EPA last tightened emission standards for big trucks 12 years ago.

Truckers collide with EPA over big-rig emission standards

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 28, 2023 at 1:17pm
Officials on Feb. 17 conduct operations and inspect the area after the train derailment in East Palestine on Feb. 3.

Federal safety board releases initial report on Ohio derailment

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 23, 2023 at 12:55pm
A sign displayed information for residents to receive air quality tests from Norfolk Southern Railway on Thursday in East Palestine, Ohio.

Biden administration open to legislation after Ohio derailment

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 17, 2023 at 6:17pm
Rep. Mary Peltola, Alaska, in her Cannon Building office last week.

Alaska Democrat: Environmentalism and oil need to ‘coexist’

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 15, 2023 at 1:59pm
The FAA system outage in January and the so-called “Southwest meltdown” over the holidays has strengthened calls for FAA overhaul and more passenger protections, which Biden is likely to echo in his State of the Union address.

Biden may call out airlines, tout infrastructure funding at SOTU

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 6, 2023 at 11:47am
President Joe Biden speaks at the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel North Portal in Baltimore, Md.

‘Amtrak Joe’ touts transit funding for Northeast Corridor

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 30, 2023 at 4:47pm
The impact of a severe drought can be seen in the Lake Mead behind the Hoover Dam.

Colorado River states still fractured over water cuts

By Valerie Yurk and David Jordan
Posted January 30, 2023 at 1:11pm
A tractor kicks up dust as it works a field near Parker, Ariz. Farms in the area rely on water drawn from the Colorado River.

Colorado River states attempt to reach water-use plan — again

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 26, 2023 at 2:37pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W. Va., wants Treasury to speed up EV tax credit rules.

Manchin pushes stricter electric vehicle credit rules

By Laura Weiss and Valerie Yurk
Posted January 25, 2023 at 1:01pm
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during a Jan. 18 news conference to discuss the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project with Boeing.

Aviation industry in crosshairs for next biofuel push

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 23, 2023 at 7:00am
Travelers look at a flight information display listing canceled and delayed flights due to an FAA outage that grounded flights across the US at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday.

FAA outage sparks bipartisan concern in Congress

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 11, 2023 at 10:58am, Updated at 3:10pm
Peter DeFazio leads a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting in September 2022.

‘Addicted’ to infrastructure, DeFazio returns to Oregon for good

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 10, 2023 at 6:15am
Southwest Airlines passengers search for their luggage in baggage claim at Baltimore-Washington International Airport last month after the airline canceled more than 70 percent of flights over the holidays.

Capitol Hill promises even more scrutiny for Southwest Airlines

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 5, 2023 at 1:02pm
President Joe Biden shakes hands with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell during an event Wednesday to tout the bipartisan infrastructure law in front of the Brent Spence Bridge in Covington, Ky.

Amid House GOP tussle, Biden and McConnell make nice

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 4, 2023 at 3:17pm
“As we continue the work to recover our operation, we have made the decision to continue operating a reduced schedule by flying roughly one third of our schedule for the next several days,” Southwest said in a statement.

DOT to scrutinize Southwest after high rate of cancellations

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 27, 2022 at 2:15pm
The "option is also really good for business," said the proposal's sponsor, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.

Senate adds breastfeeding worker protections to omnibus

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 22, 2022 at 5:49pm
An Amtrak train pulls out of Union Station in Washington.

Missing Amtrak keys pose public safety risk, watchdog reports

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 14, 2022 at 6:25pm
President Joe Biden signs a resolution to avert a nationwide rail shutdown Friday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

Rail unions look to next contract talks as Biden signs agreement

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 2, 2022 at 1:34pm
President Joe Biden welcomed passage of the resolution putting in place a labor agreement reached by White House, railroads and unions in September.

Senate clears rail labor agreement, rejects sick leave

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 1, 2022 at 6:10pm
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to reporters about the legislation to avert a rail workers strike on Wednesday.

House OKs rail labor agreement, sick leave measures

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 30, 2022 at 3:05pm
The White House’s rail union agreement would avert a Dec. 9 work stoppage.

Congress poised to pass resolution to avoid rail strike

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 29, 2022 at 6:05pm
Rep. Sam Graves, right, is expected to be the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the next Congress.

Graves plans aggressive oversight as transportation panel chairman

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 28, 2022 at 3:18pm