(Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, April 15, 2012)
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — State officials have canceled a $116 million maintenance contract with a Spanish-owned train manufacturer, escalating a political and legal dispute over two brand-new trains that already have cost the state $71.8 million. In a letter terminating the contract, a state lawyer also claimed that the costs of testing the trains are rising and that federal officials have found the trains don’t meet standards for accessibility to the disabled.
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