Illinois High Speed Rail

After Florida Spurns Federal High-Speed Rail Dollars, Illinois Cashes In

Posted 07.05.2011

Republican intransigence over government spending has paid dividends yet again in Illinois, as the state has been awarded a sizable chunk of federal d...

Wisconsin High-Speed Rail Money Goes Elsewhere: Republican Governor Rejects Federal Funds

AP | JOAN LOWY and KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is taking $1.2 billion in high-speed rail money away from Ohio and Wisconsin and awarding it to 12 other s...

Illinois Offers To Take Federal High-Speed Rail Money Rejected By Wisconsin's Governor-Elect

Posted 05.25.2011

Wisconsin Governor-elect Scott Walker has promised to reject more than $800 million in federal money that would create a high-speed rail line from Mil...

Illinois High-Speed Rail Proposal Could Get A Slice Of $8 Billion In Stimulus Money

Chicago Breaking News | January 27, 2010 8:19 AM | Posted 05.25.2011

President Barack Obama will announce tomorrow the award of $8 billion in stimulus funds to develop high-speed rail corridors. A Midwest proposal in...

High-Speed Rail To The Rescue: Durbin, Quinn Make Stimulus Funds Pitch For Train Project

Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

CHICAGO - Illinois leaders want stimulus money to develop high-speed train travel between Chicago and St. Louis. Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Du...