OMAHA — State Sen. Margo Juarez of Omaha knows firsthand the complications and costs that can arise from driving a personal car daily back and forth to Lincoln.

She says the state’s broader workforce likely would benefit from a passenger rail system between certain cities.

And she is curious: Wouldn’t Nebraska fans be game for taking a train to see a Husker football game? An Omaha concert? A Grand Island museum?

Starting Aug. 19 in Columbus, Juarez and ProRail Nebraska advocates are kicking off a statewide series of five town halls to gauge the interest Nebraskans have in passenger rail options.

The feedback is for a legislative interim study also evaluating existing passenger rail infrastructure in Nebraska — which sponsors say could lead to legislation proposing ways to create easie

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