Rachel La Corte

Associated Press

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Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks in front of an airplane engine at South Seattle College, June 6, 2018.

Boeing Asks Lawmakers to Suspend Tax Break

The company would no longer receive a 40% tax break from Washington state.

Cars from an Amtrak train lay spilled onto Interstate 5 below alongside smashed vehicles as some train cars remain on the tracks above Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, in DuPont, Wash. The Amtrak train making the first-ever run along a faster new route hurtled off the overpass Monday near Tacoma and spilled some of its cars onto the highway below, killing some people, authorities said. Seventy-eight passengers and five crew members were aboard when the train moving at more than 80 mph derailed about 40 miles south of Seattle before 8 a.m., Amtrak said.

Train Was Speeding 50 mph Over Limit

The data recorder in the rear locomotive showed the train was going 80 mph in a 30 mph zone when it derailed along a curve.

A break in the weather has officials optimistic they have reached a turning point on getting a handle on the massive wildfire.

Canada Oil Sands Production Shut Down by Fire

Suncor chief executive Steve Williams, the head of Canada's largest oil company, said about a million barrels a day went offline but said some of that has already started to come back.