WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: An initiative advancing the nation's transportation decarbonization and resilient infrastructure goals Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced $1.7 million in research funding for a Climate Change and Transportation Research Center at the University of California, Davis. The new Center for Emissions Reduction, Resiliency, and Climate Equity in Transportation, established through   more

LANSING, Michigan, May 14 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release: The director of the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Office of Career and Technical Education earned lifetime achievement honors as others from Michigan also won awards at a recent regional conference. Dr. Brian Pyles won the Lifetime Achievement and Hall of Fame Award at the Association for Career and Technical Education Region 1 Conference in New York City. Pyles, a Lansing resident, ha  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36771) entitled "Merrimack & Grafton Railroad Corp. - Change in Operator Exemption - in Grafton and Coos Counties, New Hampshire, and Essex County, Vermont": * * * Merrimack & Grafton Railroad Corporation (MGRC), a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.41 to assume operations over the following railroad lines (t  more