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The state's Joint Finance Committee on Wednesday rejected a motion to build a Milwaukee train shop, a move Democrats say clears the way for a lawsuit from a Spanish train manufacturer.

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Wisconsin should brace itself for a lawsuit from Talgo Inc. if a state budget committee refuses to build a train maintenance building in Milwaukee, said state Rep. Robin Vos, co-chairman of the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will seek $2.5 million for the final design of a Milwaukee train maintenance building rather than using an Illinois station for the service.

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The possibility the state could back off constructing a Milwaukee maintenance building for two Talgo Inc. trains surprised the president and CEO of the company.

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Republicans on the state’s budget committee want to study whether a maintenance building for new trains bought in 2009 should be built in Milwaukee or whether they should be maintained out of state.

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The state Department of Transportation will request $5 million from legislators next week to start preliminary engineering and design for a passenger rail car maintenance building near the Milwaukee Intermodal Station.

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By Marie Rohde Wisconsin could be back on the high-speed rail track. Just two months after Gov. Scott Walker rejected an $810 million grant for a high-speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison, support for improvements to the Hiawatha rail ...

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By CHRISTOPHER WILLS Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — While many states consider boosting their economies with tax cuts, Illinois officials are betting on the opposite tactic: dramatically raising taxes to resolve a budget crisis that threatened to cripple state ...

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By James Briggs As Gov. Scott Walker began his new job Monday at the Capitol, hundreds of people rallied outside in the cold, demanding work for themselves and their neighbors. Walker, who defeated Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to become Wisconsin’s ...

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