As Indiana Governor Holcomb aims to cut Hoosier State, Lafayette leaders look to save the train … again

By Dave Bangert, Lafayette Journal & Courier; January 11, 2019

LAFAYETTE, Ind. – West Lafayette Mayor John Dennis and Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski happened to be in the same room Thursday morning when messages started flashing about what was in the proposed budget Gov. Eric Holcomb was sending to the Indiana General Assembly.

Or more notably, what wasn’t in the governor’s recommended $33.8 billion spending plan. Holcomb’s budget indicated that the governor was ready to give up on the Hoosier State passenger rail service the state and communities along the Indianapolis-to-Chicago route teamed up to save in 2015.

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