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AAR: America’s Freight Railroads Announce Record Capital Investments in 2011

AAR: America’s Freight Railroads Announce Record Capital Investments in 2011

The Association of American Railroads recently announced the nation’s freight railroads in 2011 are planning to spend a record $12 billion on capital ...

AAR: Today’s Rail Regulatory Framework Enables Vital Private Investments that Support...

AAR: Today’s Rail Regulatory Framework Enables Vital Private Investments that Support National Rail Network, Valuable Railroad Jobs

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) recently told the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that the current rail economic regulatory framework i...

NAM: Mexican Trucking Deal Will Boost Exports

NAM: Mexican Trucking Deal Will Boost Exports

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Senior Vice President for Policy and Government Relations Aric Newhouse issued a statement recently follow...

Washington Gov. Gregoire’s statement on U.S. Air Force decision to award tanker contract...

Washington Gov. Gregoire’s statement on U.S. Air Force decision to award tanker contract to Boeing

Gov. Chris Gregoire today issued the following statement on the selection of The Boeing Company to build the next refueling tanker for the U.S. Air Fo...

AWEA: Statement on Interior’s Proposed Wildlife Guidance for Wind Turbines

AWEA: Statement on Interior’s Proposed Wildlife Guidance for Wind Turbines

The wind energy industry cannot support the guidance on wildlife issued last week by the Department of the Interior and its U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser...

NAM: R&D Credit Coalition Applauds White House R&D Proposal

NAM: R&D Credit Coalition Applauds White House R&D Proposal

The R&D Credit Coalition commends the Obama Administration for including in its FY 2012 budget proposal a permanent extension of the research and deve...

AWEA Statement on Department of Interior Release of Wind Energy Guidelines and Eagle...

AWEA Statement on Department of Interior Release of Wind Energy Guidelines and Eagle Conservation Guidance

John Anderson, Director of Siting Policy at the American Wind Energy Association, commented today on the release by the Department of Interior of draf...

AIA: National Security Space Strategy Highlights Industrial Base Health

AIA: National Security Space Strategy Highlights Industrial Base Health

AIA is very encouraged that the newly released National Security Space Strategy emphasizes the need for a healthy space industrial base. “We’ve lon...

NAM: OSHA’s Withdrawal of Noise Proposal a Positive Step for Job Growth

NAM: OSHA’s Withdrawal of Noise Proposal a Positive Step for Job Growth

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Vice President for Human Resources Policy Joe Trauger issued the following statement today regarding the O...

Reshoring Initiative’s Harry Moser Named to Industry Week’s Manufacturing Hall of Fame...

Reshoring Initiative’s Harry Moser Named to Industry Week’s Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2010

The Reshoring Initiative’s founder, Harry Moser, has been named as one of the 2010 inductees into Industry Week’s Manufacturing Hall of Fame. Individu...