How two Minnesota GOP lawmakers derailed high-speed train plans
A pair of Republican state lawmakers have effectively derailed - at least for now - plans for so-called "high-speed" passenger train service between the Twin Cities and Chicago. "It's in effect like a one-person veto," said Sen. Scott Newman, one of the two lawmakers who put the brakes on a vision that has been in the works since the 1990s and has, over the years, received bipartisan support.
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