Advertise with Googlier.com train | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Wed, 04 Oct 2023 16:04:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg train | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Government sues Union Pacific over using flawed test to disqualify color blind railroad workers https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/10/02/government-sues-union-pacific-over-using-flawed-test-to-disqualify-color-blind-railroad-workers/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 22:57:26 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=482792 The federal government has joined several former workers, including some who worked in Arizona, in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble reading signals telling them to stop a train.

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]]> These cases were once going to be part of a class-action lawsuit that the railroad estimated might include as many as 7,700 people. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government...

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]]> 482792 An investment in quality transportation sets the stage for invention https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/08/21/proposition-104-an-investment-in-the-future/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/08/21/proposition-104-an-investment-in-the-future/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2015 19:09:09 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=87866 Probably nothing better signals the intent of a city or region to be a serious player in the future economy than a robust public transportation network, one that stitches together a variety of modes as well as the complete array of assets of the community

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]]> Wellington Reiter A region’s success depends, to a significant degree, upon the fluid movement of people within metro areas and the ambitions, skills, insights, and creativity...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/08/21/proposition-104-an-investment-in-the-future/feed/ 3 87866 The Governor’s Race (for the train) https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/06/05/the-governors-race-for-the-train/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/06/05/the-governors-race-for-the-train/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2015 18:21:14 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=87062 The bald pate and rotund body seen here on the Capitol veranda is that of George W. P. Hunt, photographed on Valentine’s Day, 1912, delivering his inaugural address as the state’s first governor.

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]]> George W.P. Hunt is pictured on Arizona Statehood Day, Feb. 14, 1912, giving his inaugural address at the newly created state’s first governor. The bald pate...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/06/05/the-governors-race-for-the-train/feed/ 0 87062 Rail and roads https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/28/the-iarizona-committee-headed-by-mesa-mayor-scott-smith-hopes-to-boost-arizonas-status-as-a-transportation-hub/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/28/the-iarizona-committee-headed-by-mesa-mayor-scott-smith-hopes-to-boost-arizonas-status-as-a-transportation-hub/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:24:09 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=64394 The iArizona Committee is headed by Mesa Mayor Scott Smith and backed by a broad coalition of local politicians, construction contractors and business interests. Their ultimate goal is to boost Arizona’s economy and status as a transportation hub connecting Los Angeles, Dallas and Mexico, as well as linking Arizona’s manufacturing and economic hubs to one another.

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]]> Coalition hopes to boost Arizona’s status as a transportation hub Business and political leaders are in the early stages of an initiative to address the state’s transportation infrastructure needs. The...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/28/the-iarizona-committee-headed-by-mesa-mayor-scott-smith-hopes-to-boost-arizonas-status-as-a-transportation-hub/feed/ 0 64394 Arizona narrows options for Tucson-Phoenix rail https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/07/10/arizona-narrows-options-for-tucson-phoenix-rail/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/07/10/arizona-narrows-options-for-tucson-phoenix-rail/#respond Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:42:04 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=61116 State transportation planners have narrowed potential routes for a proposed new rail passenger line between Phoenix and Tucson to three alternatives.

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]]> State transportation planners have narrowed potential routes for a proposed new rail passenger line between Phoenix and Tucson to three alternatives. All three routes would run along Interstate 10 south...

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