PUEBLO, Colo. – A bill to save Amtrak’s Southwest Chief rail line through Southeastern Colorado passed the state House March 19, Pueblo County Commissioner Sal Pace said.
HB14-1161, sponsored by Rep. Leroy Garcia, D-Pueblo, passed on a 44-20 vote.
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