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Minnesota high-speed rail project "effectively dead" after funding change
The Northern Lights Express rail project in Minnesota has been crippled after losing over $77 million in funding under new ...
End of the line? Legislature strips funding for the Northern Lights Express rail project
Votes this weekend at the Minnesota State Capitol could put a proposed passenger rail connection between the Twin Cities and Duluth on the fast track to cancellation. Both the Minnesota House and ...
State lawmakers defund proposed Twin Cities-Duluth rail project
Minnesota lawmakers have voted to strip funding from the Northern Lights Express – the long-debated, proposed a passenger ...
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MN lawmakers pull funding from Northern Lights Express train to Duluth
Minnesota lawmakers delivered a death blow to the proposed Northern Lights Express train that would create passenger train ...
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Minnesota legislature withdraws funding for Twin Cities-Duluth passenger service
Minnesota legislators have passed a bill withdrawing $77 million in funding for development of Northern Lights Express ...
What bills did and didn't pass the Minnesota Legislature this year? Here's a list of what cleared the finish line so far as a special session looms
The Minnesota Legislature adjourned on Monday, though a special session looms to finish up the remaining budget bills that ...
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Lawmakers work through weekend on budget as hope fades of meeting Monday deadline
Big moments have been few and far between during the last weekend of the legislative session, and lawmakers have given up ...
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The Topline: Tens of thousands of Minnesotans to lose health insurance
Welcome to The Topline, a weekly roundup of the big numbers driving the Minnesota news cycle, as well as the smaller ones ...
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Local View: Minnesota's NLX will be fast enough to be world-class
The Derry-Londonderry railway station is the western terminal station of its line, while the Belfast Grand Central Station is ...
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End of the line? Legislature strips funding for the Northern Lights Express high-speed rail project
Both the Minnesota House and Senate voted to strip funding from the proposed Northern Lights Express, as lawmakers worked to finalize business in the waning hours of the 2025 legislative session.