Ohio: New Richmond

That could have been the cry as the "3C Corridor" plan to bring passenger rail linking Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati emerged somewhat battered and bruised, but still intact after a partisan donnybrook in the Ohio House last week.

Derided as "snail rail" by Republican critics, the $250 million conventional-speed rail line plan would be launched primarily with federal stimulus dollars. The plan is tucked into Gov. Ted Strickland's transportation budget, which faces an uncertain future in the GOP-controlled Senate. Hearings on the transportation budget begin in earnest this week.

The "3C Corridor" was one of the most controversial elements of the $7.

Stimulus money for Ohio

Gov. Ted Strickland's office on Tuesday released a breakdown of the more than $8 billion that Ohio is expected to receive in federal stimulus money. The amounts are similar to other estimates released over the past few days.

• Medicaid reimbursements: $3 billion.

• Education (including school modernization): $1.5 billion.

• General government operations (health and human services, public safety, education and protection of natural resources): $326 million.

• Highways and bridges: $971 million.

• Transit capital grants: $203 million.

• Rail modernization: $9 million.

• Drinking water infrastructure: $58 million.

• Clean-water infrastructure: $224 million.

• Special education: $461 million.