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Rail giant donated to Ohio GOP governor

Norfolk Southern donated $10,000 to Gov. Mike DeWine, adding to the $29,000 they've given since 2018

Salon

Biden FCC nominee faces GOP, dark money

Gigi Sohn battles Republican hostility and onslaught of Big Telecom dark money in "proxy fight for net neutrality"

Salon

Sohn blames 'dark money' for opposition to her joining FCC - Roll Call

Senate Republicans are digging in to prevent Gigi Sohn's confirmation for the FCC, but Democrats may have the votes this time.

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Where’s Bob? Southwest Airlines CEO’s absence becomes a talking point in Senate hearing

Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan was conspicuous by his absence from Thursday’s U.S. Senate committee hearing into the carrier’s December holiday meltdown.

Tribune News Service

Senators grill Southwest Airlines after holiday meltdown

New York (AFP) - US Senators grilled a Southwest Airlines executive Thursday over December's winter storm troubles that affected some two million customers, resulting in a hellish holiday travel meltdown for the ages.

AFP

Hearing will reveal what caused Southwest's Christmas flights chaos

Southwest's pilots' union will say bosses at the airline ignored warning signs before being forced to cancel droves of flights in the run-up to Christmas.

Fortune

Southwest to describe overwhelmed scheduling system in Senate hearing

Southwest Airlines Co.’s operations chief plans to tell U.S. senators that the carrier’s scheduling systems became overwhelmed during a late-December storm, leading to a breakdown that forced thousands of flight cancellations and cost the company more than $1 billion.

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Editorial: The EPA finally protects Bristol Bay and its salmon

The next time someone moans that Congress needs term limits, remember Bristol Bay. Sometimes it takes a long time to accomplish important goals in Washington, D.C.

Tribune News Service

Amtrak to restore second round trip to Vancouver in March

SEATTLE — Amtrak will add a second round trip to Vancouver, B.C., starting on March 7, restoring the line to prepandemic levels of service, according to Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell.

Tribune News Service

Southwest Airlines Explanation For Holiday Disruptions Is Underwhelming

Southwest detailed the reasons for the 16,700 flights it had to cancel over a ten day period in December.

The Street

Jim Cramer Demands Answers From Southwest's CEO After Touting Company

He went right at him.

The Street

US aviation regulator probing system outage after huge disruption

New York (AFP) - Aviation authorities were racing Wednesday to figure out what caused the outage of a crucial alert system that forced the temporary halt on all US domestic takeoffs, triggering thousands of delays and cancellations.

AFP

Departures 'gradually' returning to normal after FAA lifts ground stop

Airlines resumed flights after a system outage led U.S. authorities to temporarily ground planes nationwide early Wednesday, a dramatic disruption to the air-traffic system expected to cause ongoing delays and cancellations.

Tribune News Service

US flights grounded over system outage, snarling airports

New York (AFP) - Aviation authorities were forced to temporarily ground all domestic flights across the United States on Wednesday due to a crucial alert system outage, triggering thousands of delays and cancellations.

AFP

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Flights gradually resuming in US after nationwide stoppage

New York (AFP) - US air authorities ordered an hours-long grounding of flight departures nationwide Wednesday following an outage affecting a key system used by pilots before takeoff.

The Independent UK

EPA, pipeline operator reach deal to clean up Kansas spill

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with a pipeline operator to clean up a spill that dumped 14,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a rural Kansas creek

Roll Call

Capitol Hill promises even more scrutiny for Southwest Airlines - Roll Call

Southwest Airlines will be subject to Senate scrutiny after canceling more than 70 percent of its flights the day after Christmas.

Reason

Politicians Who Supported $54 Billion in Airline Bailouts Now Pose as Industry Critics

Political criticism of Southwest's mass flight cancelations mask a cronyist relationship between government and the passenger airline industry.

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Southwest Air memos showed growing alarm on eve of epic winter storm

As a winter storm bore down on a broad swath of the U.S., a staffing crisis was brewing for Southwest Airlines Co. in Denver.

Salon

Southwest spent billions on gifts

Airline in "full-blown meltdown" offered hefty handouts to investors rather than fixing its antiquated systems

Los Angeles Times

Far from a shock, Southwest meltdown was ‘perfect storm’ of well-known vulnerabilities

As chaos at Southwest Airlines brought misery to thousands of frustrated travelers and growing scrutiny from U.S. regulators and lawmakers, many in the aviation industry said the massive cancellation of flights by the nation’s largest domestic carrier was far from surprising.

Tribune News Service

Congress clears FAA to certify Boeing 737 Max 7, Max 10 unchanged

Congressional leaders reached agreement early Tuesday morning on an end-of-year government spending bill that includes an amendment to give Boeing the clearance it needs to get its 737 Max 7 and Max 10 jets certified without further changes.

Tribune News Service

Boeing 737 Max models expected to win cockpit-system reprieve from Congress

U.S. congressional leaders are poised to exempt two Boeing Co. 737 Max models from a new cockpit requirement that would take effect next week, a victory that would help the planemaker avoid an expensive redesign and potentially lengthy certification delays for the jets.

Tribune News Service

Cantwell pushes to clear Boeing's final 737 Max models, with conditions

In what could be good news for Boeing, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington on Tuesday circulated draft legislation that would clear the way for the final two Boeing 737 Max models to enter service without changes to the Renton-assembled aircraft.

Tribune News Service

Advocates, industry push data privacy bill in lame-duck session

WASHINGTON — Privacy advocates and industry groups are urging lawmakers to get a bipartisan federal data privacy bill passed soon: either early in the new Congress or even in the remaining weeks of the lame duck session.

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