More trouble with Texans for Norm Coleman. Politics in Minnesota recounts some tales about Fred Malek, the leader among a group of Texans who recently hired the former senator to head a new organization called
Minnesota’s congressional delegation spent a lot of time discussing health care this week, but there were other issues to deal with. Railroads, grasslands, student loans and peace in the Middle East all garnered attention from Minnesota’s members of Congress.
Speculation continues as to what the next steps for the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad will be after the Federal Railroad Administration turned down its request for a $2.3 billion loan to finance an expansion…
DM&E subsidiary involved in fatal crash
A train operated by the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad, a subsidiary of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad, hit a car at a crossing in Excelsior Springs, Mo.,…
According to a letter sent by the Federal Railroad Administration to interested parties, the “FRA intends to disclose a substantial number of records from the 2003 RRIF loan application” as early as Friday. The…
Applying the Hippocratic Oath
The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) railroad expansion and loan issue has been brought up in these pages time and time again. Many Minnesota Monitor readers may say, “Who cares about some railroad that…
Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming newspapers are rife today with more mentions of the DM&E railroad and its subsidiaries. Commanding the most attention is an Associated Press article going under the general headline “Senator blames competitors…
Another DM&E train has derailed again, this time in Pierre, S.D.
People ask why this happens so frequently. The adjacent photo was taken of track near Courtland, Minn., where a DM&E train derailed…
The wailing and gnashing-of-teeth reaction to the Federal Railroad Administration’s rejection of a proposed $2.3 billion loan for the DM&E railroad has strangely not come from Powder River Basin coal interests or coal-fired utilities in the nation’s midsection, both…
There is a broader solution. With proper leadership we will find it.
Now that the Federal Railroad Administration has told the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern railroad that it is not going to give it the hoped-for $2.3 billion…
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