(The following appeared on the Appleton Post Crescent website on June 6, 2011.)
APPLETON, Wisc. — Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s plans for upgrading passenger rail service between Milwaukee and Chicago have been derailed in Washington.
Democratic President Barack Obama’s administration has rejected Wisconsin’s applications for $232 million in high-speed rail funding to improve Amtrak service on the Hiawatha line. Ridership on that line grew to a record 800,000 passengers last year, according to the governor’s office.
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