Wisconsin High Speed Rail

Sam Stein

Walker Rejected $12 Million Of The Specific $150 Million In High-Speed Rail Funds He Now Wants

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.30.2011

WASHINGTON -- Millions of dollars of federal funding for specific high-speed rail services that Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) is now requesting were incl...

Wisconsin Governor Seeks Stimulus Cash For Rail, After Campaigning On Rejecting It

Posted 05.29.2011

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker won election in 2010, in large part by campaigning fiercely on limited government. One of his signature promises was a...

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...

WATCH: Mark Kirk Sworn In To U.S. Senate

Posted 05.25.2011

Illinois Republican Mark Kirk was sworn in to the U.S. Senate on Monday afternoon, and says his first priority as a senator will be to turn the econom...

Quinn Gets Feisty On High-Speed Rail

Posted 05.25.2011

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is making an aggressive play to swipe some jobs and business from his neighbor to the north. Two days ago, it was report...

WI Governor Leaves Fate Of High-Speed Rail To GOP Successor Who Wants It DEAD

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 05.25.2011

MADISON, Wis. — High-speed rail projects in Wisconsin and Ohio appear close to derailment, with Wisconsin's outgoing governor saying Monday he'l...