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Federal Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for Tuesday March 19, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Surface Transportation Board Issues Draft Environmental Assessment for Proposed Acquisitions of Rail Line in Alabama, Mississippi
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: The Surface Transportation Board's Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) today issued a Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) for CSX Transportation Inc.'s (CSX) request for Board authority to acquire and operate the assets comprising the rail line of Meridian & Bigbee Railroad, L.L.C. (MNBR) that runs approximately 93.7 miles between Burkville a  more

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri: KC Woman Pleads Guilty to Meth Trafficking
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: A Kansas City, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing large quantities of methamphetamine to distribute following the seizure of 700 kilograms of methamphetamine that was hidden in a box trailer and disguised as spray foam insulation. Nora Linda Ochoa-Chavez, 44, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty today before U.S.  more