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November 7, 2011 By Annette Meeks

Northern Lights Express: On Track or Going Nowhere Fast?

State and local officials are all systems go even as Congress defunds “high speed” rail From the looks of the slick taxpayer-funded website, you’d think it’s full speed ahead for the  Northern Lights Express (NLX), the proposed passenger rail line from the Twin Cities to Duluth.  As one of six passenger rail lines for Minnesota, an air of inevitability often seems to surround the …

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September 29, 2011 By Annette Meeks

FFM Bulletin 9/29/11

All not aboard for Rochester “Zip Rail”  Olmsted County taxpayers are now on the hook for a $15 million “high speed rail” bonding request and could be on the line for much, much more in the near future. County officials voted Tuesday to approve a $2 million state grant agreement and submit a $15 million bonding request in …

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September 29, 2011 By Annette Meeks

Rochester Post Bulletin: Conservative think tank labels Zip Rail a "future boondoggle"

An article from our latest e-update was picked up by the Rochester Post Bulletin after referring to the Rochester "Zip Rail" project, a Rochester-Twin Cities rail line, a "future boondoggle." From the Postbulletin.com: A conservative think tank is targeting Olmsted County's Zip Rail proposal calling it a "future boondoggle." The Freedom Foundation of Minnesota went after the project in …

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