KANSAS CITY, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 7, 2025--
Union Pacific Railroad celebrated the grand opening of its newest intermodal terminal today in Kansas City, Kansas. This is the fourth intermodal facility Union Pacific has opened since 2021 as part of its ongoing commitment to quickly meet customers’ needs and grow the railroad’s intermodal footprint.
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The Kansas City Intermodal Terminal (KCIT) is strategically located near several key highway and interstate arteries that will provide shippers seamless access to Union Pacific’s intermodal rail network, with fast, truck-competitive transit times.
“This new terminal reflects our commitment to building for the future and providing our customers with convenient and cost-effective access to the U.S. supply chain,” said Kenny Rocker, executive vice president-Marketing and Sales at Union Pacific Railroad. “Our customers want faster, more reliable freight options and this terminal delivers.”
The terminal will serve both domestic and international containerized shipments of grains, consumer goods, refrigerated products, and auto parts in the Midwest region, and will help to convert more truck traffic to rail, which will reduce congestion on the nation’s highways and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
The new terminal also will significantly increase Union Pacific’s local capacity with room available for future growth. It includes two new paved parking lots, additional working tracks for peak efficiency and will feature precision gate technology, providing truckers with automatic entry and exit.
Union Pacific also announced it will shift its KCIT domestic service from the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) terminal in Long Beach, California, to the City of Industry terminal in Southern California. Domestic units moving to KCIT will now benefit from Union Pacific’s expedited premium network six days a week, offering a more than 25% faster journey and up to 25 hours in savings compared to current industry options, with just over 2.5 days transit.
Making the change to City of Industry will complement the KCIT terminal and allow for expanded market access, efficient drayage management and enhanced logistics planning. Units originating in Kansas City will continue to utilize the existing expedited premium train to the City of Industry terminal.
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KCIT is the fourth intermodal facility Union Pacific has opened since 2021.
Union Pacific Railroad officially cut the ribbon for its new Kansas City Intermodal Terminal. From left, Ryan Steinbach, assistant vice president-Premium; Kari Kirchhoefer, senior vice president-Marketing and Sales; Kenny Rocker, executive vice president-Marketing and Sales; Hunsdon Cary, vice president-Premium; Laura Heisterkamp, assistant vice president-Premium; and Zach Russell, general manager-Premium.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tuesday’s primary in Ohio set up what is expected to be one of the most expensive races for U.S. Senate this year as Republicans try to hold on to the chamber during a difficult midterm year. Meanwhile biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy will face a challenge from the state’s former health director as he seeks to keep the governor’s office in GOP hands.
In what promises to be one of November’s marquee matchups, former Sen. Sherrod Brown easily defeated a challenger in the Democratic primary and will now attempt to unseat Republican Sen. Jon Husted.
Democrats are counting on Brown’s previous popularity with voters to flip the seat. The Senate Leadership Fund, a top GOP super PAC, has pledged $79 million to defend Husted, who was unopposed in his primary.
“Ohioans are fed up with the corruption and greed in Washington,” Brown, who served three terms in the Senate before losing a reelection bid in 2024, said in a social media post after his primary victory. “They deserve a senator who fights for working families, not CEOs and billionaires.”
Husted was unopposed in his primary, a special election to fill the remainder of the six-year Senate term that Vice President JD Vance won in 2022.
In the governor's race, Ramaswamy clinched the Republican nomination over a minor challenger and will face off this fall against the state’s COVID-era health director, Democrat Amy Acton.
A newcomer to state politics, he aggressively positioned himself for the job early with the help of endorsements from President Donald Trump and the state Republican Party.
“We’re going to revive that American Dream in Ohio once again, with lower costs, bigger paychecks and better schools for all Ohioans,” Ramaswamy said in a statement Tuesday evening.
Trump’s endorsement continues to carry weight in Ohio, which favored him three times for president, but Ramaswamy could face headwinds amid the president’s lagging popularity over the war in Iran and the rising cost of living.
Acton, a physician who was unopposed in her primary, has a well-known public profile and robust fundraising. That has Democrats hopeful she can get the party back in the governor’s office for the first time in 20 years.
Ramaswamy, a 2024 GOP primary presidential candidate, swept onto the state's political scene early last year as a mad shuffle was taking place. Then-Sen. Vance was ascending to the vice presidency, and front-running gubernatorial candidate Jon Husted was being appointed to replace him in Washington.
That opened a window of opportunity at the top of Republicans' statewide ticket.
Every statewide executive office was open this year due to term limits, but the governor’s race captured the bulk of the attention.
Ramaswamy's national profile, tech industry connections and proximity to Trump landed him the Ohio Republican Party's endorsement. With it he cleared a prospective field that included the sitting state attorney general, state treasurer and lieutenant governor.
But Democrats also see opportunity with the open governors seat, even as the state, a former bellwether, has tipped convincingly toward Republicans during the Trump era.
Acton, a physician and public health expert, emerged as their choice. She became a household name across Ohio in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic as she stood alongside Republican Gov. Mike DeWine during daily coronavirus broadcasts. Her comforting presence during the crisis made her a beloved figure with many Ohioans.
“I just think she’s real,” said Aaron Weiner, a Cincinnati real estate agent who voted for Acton. “She has had struggles, so I think she can empathize with people who are struggling to get ahead.”
But the administration's aggressive actions — including shuttering businesses, closing schools and canceling an election — also earned Acton plenty of enemies and made her the occasional target of people upset about pandemic policies, with some armed protesters showing up outside her home.
Ramaswamy's campaign sought to capitalize on the lingering anger over pandemic restrictions with attacks on Acton's role early in the crisis. Ramaswamy was advising the lieutenant governor at the time — Husted — on virus-related economic issues and he founded a company that profited off its role developing vaccines.
Ramaswamy faced a long-shot challenge in his primary from Casey Putsch. The engineer and car designer is a YouTube provocateur who trolled Ramaswamy incessantly over his Indian heritage and Hindu faith and painted him as an out-of-touch billionaire “tech bro.”
Cincinnati voter Paul Mussman, who cast his ballot for Ramaswamy, said he considers it an asset that he is a relative newcomer to politics.
Ramaswamy would look at issues “in a fresh way and not based on what their party affiliation is,” Mussman said.
In the wake of a new round of redistricting that slightly favored Republicans, the state also had numerous partisan congressional primaries.
The most heated GOP primary was in the Toledo area’s 9th District for the chance to take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in Congress.
The five-way contest included former state Rep. Derek Merrin, whom Kaptur defeated by less than a percentage point in 2024, as well as an Air National Guard veteran, a healthcare industry worker, a sitting state representative and the former deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Madison Sheahan.
In Democratic U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman's Cincinnati-area district, which his party considers a “must-hold,” the three-way Republican primary included Eric Conroy, a CIA and Air Force veteran who was endorsed by Trump, Vance and Moreno.
Landsman beat back a primary challenge of his own Tuesday from Damon Lynch IV, the grandson of a prominent civil rights leader. Lynch had criticized Landsman for his initial vote against a war powers resolution on the war in Iran, which Landsman later followed up with a favorable vote.
In the Akron area's 13th District, five Republicans including business owner Neil Patel, a 2022 U.S. Senate candidate, were vying for the opportunity to face Democratic U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes.
As a Trump-backed national effort to remake congressional maps in Republicans' favor was underway, Ohio Democrats took a could-have-been-worse approach and passed the map they were given unanimously.
Now party candidates are crowding congressional primaries across the state for the chance to take on sitting Republican representatives, who hold 10 of Ohio's 15 seats.
The newly redrawn 7th District in the Cleveland area attracted eight Democrats hoping to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller, a former senior Trump adviser, in November. Among them was former Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald, the Democratic nominee for governor in 2014.
In northeast Ohio's 14th District, former state Supreme Court Justice William O'Neill was among three Democrats seeking to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce. Joyce also has two primary challengers.
Meanwhile six Democrats were on the ballot in the Dayton-area 10th District of Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Turner. There were seven in GOP U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli's 6th District along the Ohio River and five in the 5th District of Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Latta.
Associated Press writer Dylan Lovan in Cincinnati contributed.
Democratic Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, a former three-term U.S. senator, speaks at a primary election night campaign event after winning the party's primary for Senate in Cleveland, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton speaks at a primary election night campaign event after winning the party's nomination for governor in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek speaks during a watch party at the Spruce St. Sporting sports bar after winning the party's nomination for governor Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Columbus. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Signs are displayed for Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy during a watch party at the Spruce St. Sporting sports bar in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek speaks during a watch party at the Spruce St. Sporting sports bar after winning the party's nomination for governor Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Columbus. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Marylou Zschach fills out her ballot at her polling place at the Burbank Early Childhood School in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, during the primary election. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy talks into his phone after fining out his ballot at his polling place in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, during the primary election. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown speaks during a campaign event ahead of primary elections at the Paladin Brewery in Austintown, Ohio, Thursday, April, 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
FILE - Amy Acton, Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, gestures as she speaks with a reporter in Columbus, Ohio April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks to supporters before the Warren County Republicans Lincoln Day Dinner at the Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, Ohio, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
