Led by Sen. Carolyn McGinn (R-Sedgwick), the Kansas Senate Ways and Means Committee hosted a discussion and luncheon about passenger rail — including a possible extension of the Heartland Flyer that would connect a current line from Dallas that ends at Oklahoma City to Newton.
“It is very good timing,” McGinn said. “We will most likely be voting on a transportation plan next year. … We need to have rail at that table.”
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