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5 Best Railroad Work Boots

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If you are one of the many professionals that work for the railroads, you know well enough the challenges and issues regarding personal safety that you face every day you go to work. Railroad professionals deal with the heaviest of machinery daily, so good PPE is a given and this includes a good pair of protective work boots. 

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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Alternative Energy Product Manufacturer’s Tax Credit: Manufacturers of certain alternative energy products may receive a tax credit not to exceed 5% of qualified expenditures for purchase of manufacturing equipment used in the manufacturing operation. The credit cannot exceed $50,000 with respect to equipment installed at any one facility.

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STATE FOCUS: Kansas Focuses On The All-Around

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Other workforce development initiatives include a credentialing initiative to help workers obtain industry recognized certifications and an engineering initiative which is increasing the number of engineering students in Kansas universities. railroad miles. percent of all U.S.

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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Public Project Revolving Loan Fund (PPRF): The New Mexico Finance Authority¹s flagship program funds infrastructure and capital equipment projects with low-cost and low-interest rate loans. For amounts exceeding $30 million, one employee must be added for each $1 million of equipment. million through this one incentive program.

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7 Best Hard Hat Suspension to Protect Your Head

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Charged with protecting the body’s most important organ, the brain, hard hats are essential personal protective equipment. Equipped with Fast-Trac III ratchet-style suspension for easy fast size adjustment and all day comfort. mining equipment company, the “ E.D.Bullard Co. ANSI/ISEA Z89.1-2014 2014 (Class G) Compliant.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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are implementing site certification programs called “shovel ready”—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. Cloud’s Airport Industrial Park, an area certified as “Shovel Ready” under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Shovel Ready Site Certification Program.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back

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The Railroad sector was the big winner with a 15.3 percent rise with companies also using intermodal rail help to offset the impacts of driver shortages and the costs of acquiring and maintaining new equipment. Two Class 1 and one local railroad are important parts of the transportation system. fuel consumption dropped.