Associated PressSeptember 15, 2021
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Many major corporations required employee vaccines before Biden's proposal.
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Associated PressSeptember 15, 2021
A.G. GancarskiMarch 15, 2021
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Biden has no history of taking Scott's advice.
Peter SchorschFebruary 2, 2018
1min413
Republican state Rep. Joe Gruters landed an appointment from the Trump Administration Thursday to serve on the Amtrak Board of Directors through October 2022. The Sarasota accountant served as co-chair of President Donald Trump’s campaign in Florida, and the move appears to have paid dividends. Gruters took to Twitter shortly after the announcement, saying he […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 31, 2018
3min361
Tragedy struck in Virginia Wednesday when a chartered Amtrak train taking Republican lawmakers to a retreat in West Virginia crashed into a trash truck en route. The accident happened west of Charlottesville; as of this writing (Wednesday afternoon), the train is moving back to Charlottesville, where lawmakers will be put on a bus to continue to […]
Scott PowersDecember 19, 2017
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Monday’s fatal train derailment in Washington state has Florida state Sen. Debbie Mayfield saying she sees the same fears and the same fights in the Northwest, and the same kind of potential tragedy, that have her pushing for state safety regulations of the Brightline higher-speed passenger train being planned by All Aboard Florida. “I do […]
Associated PressMarch 16, 2017
9min231
Military spending would get the biggest boost in President Donald Trump’s proposed budget. Environmental programs, medical research, Amtrak and an array of international and cultural programs — from Africa to Appalachia — would take big hits, among the many parts of the government he’d put on a crash diet. The budget proposal out Thursday is […]
Associated PressJanuary 27, 2016
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Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission are conducting a tour along the Gulf Coast to consider the feasibility of bringing passenger rail back to the Gulf Coast, more than a decade after Hurricane Katrina damaged the tracks. The Southern Rail Commission announced recently that the so-called “Inspection Train” will include 14 stops in four states, […]
Scott PowersJanuary 8, 2016
15min1202
As All Aboard Florida tries to get everyone onboard its proposal to run higher-speed passenger trains between Orlando and South Florida, my wife and I boarded the closest thing last week, Amtrak’s Silver Meteor train, for a getaway from Orlando to South Beach. All Aboard Florida wants to run 16 passenger trains a day on […]
Jim RosicaNovember 4, 2015
3min168
David Plouffe, President Barack Obama‘s 2008 campaign manager, says the lasting popularity of Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson shows that “the old (political) rules don’t apply” anymore. Plouffe, now chief adviser to the Uber ride-hailing service, appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program Wednesday. Trump, the real estate tycoon-turned-reality TV star, and Carson, a retired […]
Associated PressOctober 21, 2015
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Joe Biden‘s storied political career will come to an end much the way it started nearly half a century ago: shaped by crushing personal tragedy that shook his deep-seated confidence in his own ability to lead. In deciding not to run for president, Biden turned away from months of intensive preparations and countless hours that […]