MILWAUKEE (AP) — Labor activists and supporters of high-speed rail are planning a rally in Milwaukee in favor of the imperiled project. Several groups plan to rally Monday at noon at the manufacturing plant of train maker Talgo Inc. The ...

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By Joe Lanane Wisconsin may have to foot an estimated $20 million bill to upgrade the state-owned freight rail line between Madison and Watertown if federal high-speed rail money is not used to improve the track. Ken Lucht, manager of ...

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CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn says a Wisconsin trainmaker is welcome to move its jobs to Illinois. Quinn is inviting Talgo Inc. to come to the state after Wisconsin’s newly elected Republican governor said he wanted to give back ...

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By Joe Lanane A news conference Wednesday in support of high-speed rail in Wisconsin underscored the conflict between those who say the project will create jobs and those who wonder where the money will come from. The Wisconsin Public Interest ...

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By Joe Lanane

staff writer

At least one Wisconsin public official stills supports high-speed rail (and we found him).

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By Joe Lanane High-speed rail is alive in Minnesota and Illinois despite Wisconsin Gov.-elect Scott Walker’s promise to pluck the heart out of a regional network connecting the states. “We have no indication we’re not moving forward,” said Dan Krom, ...

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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois transportation officials say they’ll take the $810 million in federal high-speed rail money that Wisconsin Gov.-elect Scott Walker has said he’ll reject. Walker made opposing a Milwaukee-to-Madison rail project a key part of his successful campaign ...

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DANE, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov.-elect Scott Walker says he remains opposed to a high-speed train line between Madison and Milwaukee and there’s nothing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood can tell him that would change his mind. Walker said Tuesday ...

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By ?SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — High-speed rail projects in Wisconsin and Ohio appear close to derailment, with Wisconsin’s outgoing governor saying Monday he’ll leave the future of his state’s project to his Republican successor, who has ...

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