New Jersey lawmakers press for fixes to commuter-rail fiasco

Associated Press President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is defying a subpoena from House lawmakers investigating impe.....»»

One of the New York metro region's rail bottlenecks is getting a little help from the Coast Guard. Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez announced Tuesday that restrictions on when the Portal... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

The governors of New York and New Jersey have chosen members of the Gateway Development Commission in a step to get federal funding for an $11.3 billion Manhattan rail tunnel project. President... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Lawmakers in New Jersey are launching an investigation into the state's beleaguered transit system. Democratic Senate President Steve Sweeney said in a statement Tuesday he's setting up a committee... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Associated Press/Alex Brandon Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York derided US senators for not having read the declassified version of the whistleblower complaint by Thursday afternoon. Several senators cited numerous reasons fo.....»»

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is urging Capitol Hill lawmakers to pass legislation that will provide a long-term reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank before its current charter expires on Sept. 30. read more.....»»

When the news broke yesterday that the "We Company" was prepared to slash its valuation to $20 billion to $30 billion (half its $47 billion private valuation), the financial press known as finance twitter didn't waste any time lampooning the sta.....»»

As housing costs force low and moderate income residents to look far outside the Boston area, the cost of using commuter rail trains to get to jobs in Boston remains out of reach for many of those residents, according to a new study. The study fr.....»»

New Jersey and New York officials will submit a revised financial plan for the $1.6 billion replacement of a that’s key to rail traffic in the northeast, the latest attempt to secure funding from a... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

New Jersey and New York officials will submit a revised financial plan for the $1.6 billion replacement of a that’s key to rail traffic in the northeast, the latest attempt to secure funding from a... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

New Jersey Transit will start disclosing how many commuter trains are canceled and delayed—and why. said the statistics are crucial to measuring performance of the nation’s biggest statewide .... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Rail shippers saw federal action in recent weeks on some long-standing issues related to servi.....»»

Evan Vucci/AP As lawmakers and community leaders reeled at two mass shootings that claimed 29 lives in 24 hours, President Donald Trump stayed out of the spotlight and kept his summer vacation going at hi.....»»

Associated Press Former special counsel Robert Mueller will testify before the House Intelligence Committee and the House Judiciary Committee on July 24 — pushing the hearings back one week from their initial July 17 sche.....»»

The service problems associated with precision scheduled railroading (PSR) have motivated forest products and scrap recycling shippers to press the Surface Transportation Board to renew a longstanding request for regulatory oversight. read more.....»»

American Airlines pilots plan to tell lawmakers they are still concerned about fixes to grounded Boeing 737 Max planes......»»

New Jersey lawmakers are considering loosening their sports betting restrictions to allow the owner of the Golden Nugget casino to accept bets on most National Basketball Association teams......»»

North Dakota's lawmakers are fighting Washington state's new crude-by-rail law, saying it could curtail shipments of state-produced Bakken crude oil. read more.....»»

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law requiring most of the state's hotels to provide their workers with wearable panic buttons they can press to quickly summon help in an emergency......»»

Lawmakers are questioning the company following a report that said it had stopped paying some athletes during their pregnancies......»»