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Editorial: It's time for Illinois to release Amtrak funding

(Source: The Dispatch & The Rock Island Argus, May 12, 2016)

MOLINE, Ill. — More than a year ago, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner announced that he was freezing the state’s portion of money to finance the Amtrak passenger rail construction project between Quad-Cities and Chicago as part of a wider review of state spending projects.

Full story: www.qconline.com

Thursday, May 12, 2016

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