Derailed
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Talgo Trains Return to Milwaukee
Dec 10th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson
After 5 years in storage, trains built for Wisconsin may be used on Pacific Northwest line.
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Could Doyle Have Saved High Speed Rail?
Nov 29th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson
And could the state still get it some day? Last in a series.
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How Republicans Became Anti-Train
Nov 15th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson
The politics of resentment replaced business-oriented development, as Tommy Thompson would learn. Part 8 of series.
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How Waterloo Lost High Speed Rail
Nov 13th, 2019 by Hannah Haynes
Blame Gov. Doyle. And Charlie Sykes. Part 7 in a series.
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State’s Talgo Trains Still Sit Idle
Nov 7th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson
Since Republicans killed deal with manufacturer, trains have sat unused in Beech Grove, Indiana. Part 6 of series.
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California Got Most of State’s $810 Million
Oct 30th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson
But unlike Wisconsin’s “shovel ready” train project, California’s hit many obstacles. 5th in a series.
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Decision to Refuse Train Funding “Purely Political”
Oct 27th, 2019 by Hannah Haynes
LaHood says Walker wanted to kill a Democratic plan created by Doyle and Obama. Part 4 of series.
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How Walker and Sykes Killed the Train
Oct 23rd, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson
With constant support from talk radio, Walker rejected fully funded, $810 million rail project. Part 3 in a series.
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Stimulus Program Funded Entire Rail Project
Oct 16th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson
How Doyle administration got $800 million "100 percent funded” high speed rail. Part two in a series.
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Behind Wisconsin’s Abandoned High Speed Rail
Oct 9th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson laid groundwork for the project that Gov. Scott Walker killed.