March 10, 2010  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 About Our Editors

 

Capitol Press newsletters are guided by one of the most experienced editorial teams in the business.  Known for accuracy, independence, and the ability to report important action from the very earliest stages, these editors are experts in covering the environmental and transportation fields.

 

 

 

Tom Ramstack has edited U.S. Rail News since 1989 and is acknowledged as one of the country’s foremost experts on the rail industry. A former reporter for the Kansas City Star, Tom shared the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for local news reporting and also has won four Dateline awards from the Society for Professional Journalists.  A man of many talents, Tom also has written two books, holds three patents (with a fourth pending) and is a licensed attorney who regularly represents nonprofit organizations and disabled people; in 2002 the D.C. Employment Justice Center recognized Tom for his volunteer activities.

   
   
As co-editor of Clean Water Report, Jim Lawlor brings over 20 years of land-use law writing experience to his analysis and reporting of key wetlands law cases. After graduating from Boston College Law School, Jim joined a real estate law firm where he learned the ropes of property transactions and land-use law. Subsequently, he took a position with a New York legal publisher where he honed his research and legal writing skills, contributed to case annotations, and added to the publisher's legal encyclopedia. Currently, Jim also contributes legal articles to APA’s Planning Magazine and writes on state legislative issues for the association’s web site. He also is the editor of Land Use Law Report, a national publication.
 
     

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