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JUNEAU—The Alaska Railroad Corp. board of directors has approved an agreement with a firm seeking to link Alaska and Canada by rail. The board voted unanimously Thursday morning to approve the deal, which does not require the state-owned railroad corporation to fund the project.Construction is estimated to cost $13 billion, according to a presentation given to the Alaska Legislature earlier this year, and is years away.....Under the agreement, the Alaska-to-Alberta Railroad Development Corp. —known as A2A Rail — receives an “exclusive right” to operate a cross-border railroad and the ability to use Alaska Railroad’s existing network as it seeks to...

The Alaska Senate wants a federal border permit that would allow a railroad crossing to be built between the state and Canada. Senators voted 19-0 on Senate Joint Resolution 11, according to a release from the Alaska Senate majority Monday. Sen. Shelley Hughes, R-Palmer, is chair of the Senate Transportation Committee and says a railroad through Canada would benefit people all over the state. “A railroad connecting Alaska to Alberta would provide a huge boost to our state’s economy,” she said in the release. “Access to the North American railroad system would mean faster and more efficient shipping of goods,...

(VIDEO AT SOURCE)Thursday on MSNBC’s special coverage of Attorney General William Barr’s press conference on the eminent release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report network host Nicolle Wallace quoted Fox news Network anchor Chris Wallace’s reaction. Wallace said, “This is from Fox News, Chris Wallace of Fox News is watching the same live event that you and I just did. Chris Wallace on Fox News said this, quote, ‘the attorney general seemed almost to be acting as the counselor for the defense, the counselor for the president rather than the attorney general, talking about his motives, his emotions. Really, as...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is asking President Donald Trump to grant a presidential permit to extend the Alaska Railroad into Canada, supporting a Canadian company seeking to blaze a new path for Asian-bound products. Linking the Alaska and North American rail systems, an idea more than a century old, would cut at least two days travel time for Canadian and Lower 48 cargo headed to the Far East because of shorter sea routes, supporters say. “To me it was a no-brainer,” said Sean McCoshen, chief executive of Alberta to Alaska Railway Development Corp., speaking to the Senate Transportation Committee late...