Editorial cartoon 

Published: August 6, 2010
Tags: cartoon, Illinois, KRM, Rail, regional rail, Wisconsin
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It’s Chicago versus Wisconsin: Rail projects vie for federal money 

Published: August 3, 2010
Tags: Chicago, federal grant, Federal Transit Administration, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail line, KRM, Metra, New Starts, Southeastern Regional Transit Authority, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
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By Justin Kern
Special to The Daily Reporter
Two potential rail partners are competing for the same pool of federal money for projects in Wisconsin and Illinois.
In Wisconsin, the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority expects to hear a response from the Federal Transit Administration by September or October on a grant request for the first portion of work [...]

Lawmakers oppose KRM commuter rail application

Published: June 21, 2010
Tags: Federal Transit Administration, Jeff Fitzgerald, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail, KRM, Lee Holloway, Michael Mayo, Ostby, RTA, Southeastern Regional Transit Authority, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, SRTA, Vos
Comments: 16

Two Wisconsin lawmakers are joining the fight to delay preliminary engineering work for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail project.
State Reps. Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, and Robin Vos, R-Racine, sent a letter to the Federal Transit Administration asking that it deny the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority’s application to begin preliminary engineering on the estimated $232.7 million rail project.
“It [...]

Commuter rail dispute threatens project engineering

Published: June 17, 2010
Tags: Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail, KRM, Lee Holloway, Michael Mayo, Milwaukee County bus system, Milwaukee County Regional Transit Authority, Ostby, Southeast Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Yunker
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By Sean Ryan
Local supporters of the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail project are divided as Milwaukee County officials try to delay project engineering.
The Southeast Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority within a week will apply for federal approval to begin engineering the estimated $232.7 million rail project. But Milwaukee County RTA representatives are asking federal officials to deny the [...]

KRM rolls closer to construction money

Published: June 4, 2010
Tags: Americans for Prosperity, Federal Transit Administration, grant, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail, Kerry Thomas, KRM, Linda Valentine, Mantes, Mark Block, Southeastern Regional Transit Authority, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Transit Now, Yunker
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By Sean Ryan
Proposed changes to the judging of construction grant applications would give commuter rail in southeastern Wisconsin a less obstructed path to federal money.
But rail opponents argue projects such as the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter line are not worth the money, regardless of how the Federal Transit Administration ranks grant applications.
“I think that until the day [...]

Transit authority rolls on commuter rail planning (UPDATE)

Published: May 17, 2010
Tags: Antaramian, Barca, buses, FTA, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail, KRM, Lee Holloway, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, Ostby, Rail, regional transit, RTA, Southeastern Regional Transit Authority, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Yunker

By Sean Ryan
Planners of the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail Monday gave up on waiting for state approval for transit taxes and chose to apply for federal planning money.
The Southeastern Regional Transit Authority will not get federal construction money for the estimated $232.7 million project without a state law letting local governments raise taxes to pay for [...]

Regional transit, renewable energy on deck for lawmakers

Published: April 20, 2010
Tags: Assembly, commuter rail, Decker, energy, KRM, Rail, regional transit, renewable energy, RTA
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State lawmakers will be busy today debating the clean energy bill, as well as regional transit.
Milwaukee County could levy up to a half-cent sales tax to help pay for commuter rail and bus service under a bill set to pass the state Assembly.
Even if the measure passes on Tuesday, it still [...]

Transit bill picks up momentum, opponents

Published: April 1, 2010
Tags: Al Ott, Assembly Committee on Transportation, commuter rail, Grothman, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee, KRM, Ostby, RTA, Southeastern Wisconsin RTA, Vos
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By Sean Ryan and Paul Snyder
The volume of opposition to using taxes to pay for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail line rose Thursday to match an increase in proposed project borrowing.
A regional transit authority bill headed to the state Assembly now would let borrowing for the KRM project go as high as $250 million, an increase [...]

KRM debate switches to development (VIDEO)

Published: March 24, 2010
Tags: Charlotte, commuter rail, Denver, economic development, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 430, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee, Kerry Thomas, KRM, O’Toole, Portland, Racine, Rail, Taxed Enough Already Party, TEA, Tea Party, Van Koningsveld, Vos
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By Sean Ryan
Competing predictions of commuter rail in southeast Wisconsin are casting the project as either a development mirage or a dream come true for struggling builders.
“That puts construction people to work, and a lot of the projects that happen with rail, it’s prevailing wage work,” said Jeff Van Koningsveld, president of the International Brotherhood [...]

Racine residents rally against rail

Published: March 23, 2010
Tags: commuter rail, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee, KRM, Racine, TEA, Tea Party, TIF, Van Koningsveld, Vos
Comments: 2

By Sean Ryan
As residents of Racine County rallied against commuter rail, saying it is a waste of money, a Racine union leader said he is relying on it to put his members to work.
The Racine Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, Party on Tuesday night met in Franksville to organize against the proposed $232.7 million Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee [...]