Biden infrastructure plan: Amtrak vows new routes. Here’s where

By Joseph Spector Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, April 1, 2021

How about a train ride from Nashville, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Phoenix to Southern California, or Louisville, Kentucky, to Indianapolis?Amtrak late Wednesday released a proposed map of new and expanded service if it can land the $80 billion President Joe Biden proposed for the rail service as part of his American Jobs Plan, a massive $2 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s aging infrastructure.Amtrak’s vision calls for bringing new intercity rail service to up to 160 previously unserved communities over the next 15 years, including 30 potential new routes and enhanced services with more daily trips on existing routes.

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North Carolina has top graduate programs in US News rankings | Charlotte Observer

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By Kate Murphy, March 31, 2021 06:18 PM

The Triangle’s top research universities were recognized for their graduate programs in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings, which were released this week.UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University earned multiple top 5 rankings for healthcare programs, and the engineering program at N.C. State University was listed in the top 25. The rankings are based on expert opinions and data about the quality of a school’s faculty, research and students.

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