Expanded Milwaukee-Twin Cities Amtrak service may start this year, fate of other rail proposals uncertain

--By Larry Sandler for WisPolitics.com
Expanded Amtrak service from Milwaukee to the Twin Cities could start sometime later this year, even as prospects for new routes to Madison, Green Bay and Eau Claire remain uncertain, Wisconsin’s top rail official says. 
A new passenger rail line, to be named the Great River route, will offer a second daily round trip between Chicago, Milwaukee and St. P...