COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio transportation officials say $400 million in federal stimulus money for a new passenger train service is on the way.
The state Controlling Board will need to approve spending the money.
Democrats control the board 4-3, but they will need at least one Republican to vote yes because Senate Republicans placed an amendment in Ohio's transportation budget last year requiring a super majority vote.
GOP leaders have said they won't object to the train project as long as the state has a solid financial plan.
Ohio's project calls for a start-up, 79-mph service connecting Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and Cincinnati beginning in 2012.
Studies are getting under way for a 110 miles-per-hour service that would later connect to Chicago and cities on the East Coast.
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Twenty nine new pools of mosquitoes that tested positive for West Nile virus in Columbus this week brings the total number in Franklin County this summer to over 100.
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LAS VEGAS - JUNE 27: A general view of the atmosphere in the trophy room at the 37th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards held at the Las Vegas Hilton on June 27, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for ATI)
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