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Nearly two months into a new Congress and a month and a half into a new presidential administration, there is not much to show for it yet. Other than a handful of cabinet nominees being confirmed, another impeachment of the previous president that failed to result in a Senate conviction and congressional committee assignments being set, nothing of substance has been accomplished.
The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package continues to struggle for traction. The promised $2,000 per person stimulus checks have been scaled back to $1,400 and are still nowhere in sight. The traditional February address by a new president outlining his priorities to a joint session of Congress has yet to be scheduled with the month already having come and gone. Despite Democrats controlling all the levers of power in Washington, gridlock persists due to their razor-thin majorities in the House and Senate as well as the moderate/liberal divide within the party.
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EDITOR S NOTE: This is a guest opinion piece.
Recent media stories have unnecessarily and dangerously raised concerns about the safety of ethylene oxide (EtO), a chemical used to sterilize 20 billion medical devices annually in the U.S.
Let me first state that if we had learned about EtO through the media, we would be concerned, too. After all, we are parents, spouses, and we live in communities we want to know are safe. But the reporting has been wrong. Dead wrong. And it could have deadly consequences.
Norfolk Southern abandons plans for Atlanta site with ‘painful legacy’
NS will seek other locations for rail transfer facility 676 2 minutes read A Norfolk Southern train heads to its next destination. (Photo: Norfolk Southern)
Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) has nixed plans to build a rail transfer facility at a historical site in Atlanta.
Norfolk Southern (NS) said Thursday that it will cease constructing the facility on the site of the former Chattahoochee Brick Co. City of Atlanta officials filed a petition for a preliminary injunction with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to stop the project until the city can discuss its concerns with the board.
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