railroads
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Antitrust suit seeks better prices for farmers | Rachel Gabel
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A stack of papers is keeping eastern Colorado and western Kansas farmers out of the lucrative west-coast market and bringing a group together to levy an antitrust suit against the railroads. Stefan Soloviev was an unlikely farmer with his full-sleeve tattoos, big-city upbringing, and a last name that looked very different from the primarily German surnames…
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Nebraska to be 1st state to implement Trump’s new Medicaid work requirements | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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NEBRASKA Medicaid work requirements set Nebraska will become the first state to implement new work requirements for some people with Medicaid health insurance under a law President Donald Trump signed last summer. Gov. Jim Pillen, a Republican, announced on Dec. 17 that the requirement would take effect in the state May 1 and could impact…
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Dormant railroad that served Camp Hale National Monument looking to come back to life
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A complex, multifront battle over a dormant railroad from Pueblo to Minturn and Eagle continues to simmer. The Tennessee Pass rail line, built in 1881 and taken out of service in 1997, recently attracted interest in reviving the line from both a company wanting to ship grain from its large agricultural holdings in eastern Colorado…
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Competition for railroad research, testing near Pueblo is heating up
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Competition in the rail transportation industry is heating up outside of Pueblo. MxV Rail and ENSCO will both operate railroad research and testing facilities about 15 miles of downtown Pueblo starting in October. MxV Rail announced groundbreaking on a new rail test track at the PuebloPlex industrial park campus Friday, after a name change and…