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Pres Biden s $2T infrastructure proposal includes money for Amtrak s passenger train line connecting BR and NO

Pres. Biden’s $2T infrastructure proposal includes money for Amtrak’s passenger train line connecting BR and NO Pres. Biden’s infrastructure proposal includes money for Amtrak’s passenger train line connecting Baton Rouge and New Orleans. (Source: Pixabay) By Austin Kemker | April 5, 2021 at 6:15 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 7:28 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Of the $2 trillion in President Biden’s infrastructure plan, $84 billion is dedicated to expanding passenger rail across the United States, some of which would be allocated to Amtrak’s passenger rail proposal connecting Baton Rouge to New Orleans. The plan to connect Louisiana’s two largest cities has long been talked about but funding was always an issue. Now, if approved by Congress, Amtrak could start work on the project.

Roundup: MLK monument rededication / Oil rig count rises / Voting-restriction backers

Roundup: MLK monument rededication / Oil rig count rises / Voting-restriction backers Second try: Mayor Sharon Weston Broome and the Baton Rouge Area Foundation are planning to rededicate the recently restored Martin Luther King Jr. monument downtown at noon Tuesday, after a previously scheduled event was rained out. The monument in City Plaza has received new paint and structural improvements. Speakers at the event include Broome, art conservationist Susie Anders, BRAF board chair Bill Balhoff, restoration committee chair Virginia Noland, and the Rev. Fred Jeff Smith.   Rebound: The number of U.S. oil drilling rigs in operation last week climbed by 13 to reach 337, Baker Hughes data shows. This is the highest rig count in nearly a year and the increase was the largest since January 2020,

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