With the decommission of most of the response infrastructure in East Palestine in the wake of the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment complete, the ground under the now-dismantled structures is the ... Read More

Outgoing U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, had good reason to speak his mind last week when lawmakers dropped the ball on the Railway Safety Act. Inspired by the Norfolk Southern derailment in East ... Read More

On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act into law, making any derailment-related compensation - including pending settlement awards - tax exempt. The passed ... Read More

Norfolk Southern reported Thursday that the '?double-check'? progress to verify all remaining contamination has been identified during the clean-up efforts following last year's train derailment is now ... Read More

With personal injury payments from the $600 million derailment settlement beginning to trickle in, a bill that makes any derailment-related compensation tax exempt is headed to President Joe Biden's ... Read More

NTSB reports The NTSB says Norfolk Southern botched the decision to blow open five vinyl chloride tank cars after the disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Read More

The Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023 also has implications for people hit by deadly tornadoes that tore across Ohio in March. Read More

It's been almost three months since a federal judge approved the settlement resolving a class action lawsuit stemming from the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine. Read More

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One woman from East Palestine is still on the road to recovery after a head-on collision with a semi-truck in October. Ashley Irizarry suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash in Unity Township ... Read More