Shut down Northstar Commuter Rail between the Twin Cities and Big Lake -- and use its six-million-dollar annual operating funds to help re-build riot-damaged businesses in Minneapolis and Saint Paul -- that's the proposal from state Representative Jon Koznick.
The 2020 Minnesota State legislative session is set to begin Tuesday in St. Paul. State representative Tim O'Driscoll from Sartell joined me on WJON today. Topics we discussed included how he'd like to handle the budget surplus, items in the bonding bill like an extension of Northstar Rail to St. Cloud or beyond.
The transportation budget bill is headed to the full Minnesota House and Senate for a vote, and it includes funding for extending the Northstar Commuter Rail to St. Cloud.
Dozens of central Minnesotans testified before the Minnesota House Transportation Committee about the need for -- and benefits of -- extending the Northstar Commuter Rail to St. Cloud.
A teenager has died after being hit by a Northstar Commuter Rail train near Elk River. Metro Transit spokesman Howie Padilla says it happened around 6 p.m. Sunday.
Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith told a crowd of St. Cloud area business leaders about Governor Mark Dayton's ideas for expanding I-94, studying the economic viability of the St. Cloud Airport and extending the Northstar Commuter Rail to St. Cloud.