News Media Coverage
Nov. 29, 2007 - DM&E Sale Will be Reviewed by Feds as 'Significant' Merger
Nov. 29, 2007 - Canadian Pacific Railway, Mayo Apparently get off on Right Foot
Sep. 22, 2007 - Rep. Oberstar: Train Re-Route Should be Considered
Sep. 06, 2007 - DM&E Sale Seen as a 'Fresh Start' by Rochester Leaders
Sep. 05, 2007 - Canadian Pacific's $1.48B purchase
Sep. 05, 2007 - Mayo Clinic has Opposed the Railroad's Plan to Run Coal Shipments through Rochester
Sep. 05, 2007 - DM&E Sale may Move Expansion Forward
Jun. 14, 2007 - DM&E: Plan isn't Dead, or Even Derailed
Jun. 13, 2007 - For Sale: DM&E Railroad
Jun. 12, 2007 - DM&E/IC&E Bidders Winnowed to Around 10
May 22, 2007 - Reducing Human Error and Strengthening HAZMAT Tank Cars Top Rail Safety Agenda
Mar. 27, 2007 - FRA Approves RIFF Loans for DM&E
Mar. 23, 2007 - Former Supreme Court Justice Presiding over Rail Project Hearing
Mar. 19, 2007 - DM&E Train Derails in Pierre - Cause of Accident Determined
Mar. 18, 2007 - Lake City Evacuates 100 Residents
Mar. 15, 2007 - DM&E Car Derails
Mar. 14, 2007 - Deteriorating Track may have led to Derailment, DM&E Says
Mar. 13, 2007 - Search Begins for Cause of Oneida Derailment, Explosion
Mar. 05, 2007 - A Senator's Railroad no-brainer
Feb. 28, 2007 - Editorial: U.S. Aid to Railroads must be out in Open
Feb. 28, 2007 - Senator's Railway Lobby Link May Have Helped Derail Loan
Feb. 27, 2007 - Your Money: Historic Loan Derailed
Feb. 27, 2007 - DM&E Railroad Won't Get $2 Billion Loan for Coal Line
Feb. 27, 2007 - Politicians, Officials Weigh in on DM&E Decision
Feb. 26, 2007 - DM&E Loan is a Fiscal and Ethical Train Wreck
Feb. 21, 2007 - DM&E Expansion Critics Sue for Railroad's Financial Information
Feb. 20, 2007 - Dispatches: DM&E Opponents Take Case to Federal Court
Feb. 19, 2007 - Editorial: At last, Congress may slow down the DM&E; Bill would Require its Approval for Huge Federa
Feb. 19, 2007 - Minnesota Lawmakers Push Bills to Stop DM&E
Feb. 19, 2007 - New Bill would Allow Congress to Veto DM&E loan
Feb. 19, 2007 - Federal legislation would slow down DM&E loan request
Feb. 01, 2007 - Tim Walz: DM&E Loan Process Needs More Transparency
Feb. 01, 2007 - Ruling Starts Clock Ticking on DM&E Railroad's Loan Application
Jan. 18, 2007 - Rep. Walz Continues to Pursue Solution to DM&E
Track the Truth: Community News and Announcements
Sep. 21, 2007 - U.S. Reps. Oberstar And Walz Discuss DM&E Railroad Expansion With Rochester, Leaders
Jun. 14, 2007 - DM&E: Plan isn't Dead, or Even Derailed
May 01, 2007 - Grassroots Help Defeat Multibillion-Dollar Rail Loan
Apr. 04, 2007 - The Balancing Act
Mar. 23, 2007 - Continuing the Fight
Feb. 05, 2007 - Letter to the Editor: DM&E has Plenty of Foes
Jan. 23, 2007 - DM&E Protest Surfaces in Waseca, Minn.
Jan. 10, 2007 - Council Taps Nine for Rail Committee
People Power Works
Tens of thousands of taxpayers joined forces to oppose giving a $2.33 billion federal loan to DM&E, a small company with big political connections, and in February 2007 the Federal Railroad Administration rejected DM&E's application, echoing our position in labeling the loan an "unacceptably high risk to federal taxpayers."
DM&E's ambitions have not changed, and informed citizens remain concerned about multiple aspects of the company's rail construction plans. What can you do?
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