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A High-Speed Lawsuit? Rail Authority's Email Policy Ignites Firestorm

| Posted 05.22.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams A congressional committee is investigating California's $68 billion bul...

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Officials Defend Cost Of High-Speed Rail

| Posted 05.04.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams A report that warned of huge operating deficits for California's bullet...

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The 'Elephant In The Room': Are Bullet Train Costs Drastically Underestimated?

| Posted 05.04.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams By hitting the reset button, Gov. Jerry Brown bought some time for the ...

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STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS: Report Slams High Speed Rail, Recommends Defunding Project

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 04.19.2012

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Despite a revamped plan that's expected to shave $30 billion off the overall cost of the project, high speed rail in California still faces stiff oppo...

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High-Speed Rail Clears Major Hurdle

AP | By SUDHIN THANAWALA and HANNAH DREIER | Posted 04.12.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- The authority overseeing efforts to build a high-speed rail system in California approved its revised business plan on Thursday, send...

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California's High-Speed Rail Plan Gets A Makeover

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 04.02.2012

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Supporters of California's ambitious high-speed rail project began their hard sell with lawmakers and the public Monday aft...

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Designs Revealed For The City's 'Giant Penis In The Sky'

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 03.15.2012

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The general concept behind the entire Transbay Terminal project is one of immense scale. The northern terminus of the country's first high-speed r...

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Is High-Speed Rail Losing Supporters?

| Posted 05.08.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Will Evans With most Californians worried about the state budget and opposed to trigge...

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Can Jerry Brown Rescue California's High-Speed Rail Plans?

AP | By JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 04.19.2012

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Critics have called it the train to nowhere and a $98 billion boondoggle. As concerns mount over the practicality and affordabil...

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California High Speed Rail Has An Unexpected San Francisco Savior

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.14.2012

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When it was announced that two top executives overseeing California's high speed rail project were stepping down from their leadership roles in the sp...

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NO TRAIN PLEASE: Petition To Kill California High-Speed Rail Gains Momentum

Carly Schwartz | Posted 03.27.2012

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California Secretary of State Debra Bowen on Monday approved a petition that would allow voters to decide whether they want the state to move forward ...

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Derailed: Two More Bullet Train Executives Jump Ship

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.14.2012

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In the span of a single day, a pair of top officials overseeing the construction of California's high speed rail system announced their intention to l...

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Down The Fast Track: California Bullet Train Critics Have A New Concern

| Posted 03.11.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams Since the recession began, the state Legislature has put some big-ticke...

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'It's Highly Uncertain If Funding To Complete This System Will Ever Materialize'

AP | Posted 01.30.2012

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By Juliet Williams, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The state's legislative analyst says California's plan for a $98 billion high-speed...

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California Pushes High-Speed Rail Plan Against Objections

The New York Times | Posted 11.26.2011

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SACRAMENTO — Across the country, the era of ambitious public works projects seems to be over. Governments are shelving or rejecting plans for highwa...

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'A Very Risky Plan': Public Voices Concerns Over California High Speed Rail

AP | Posted 01.16.2012

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By Brooke Donald, Associated Press PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Supporters and opponents of an ambitious, multibillion dollar plan to build a high-spe...

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'Shock And Anxiety': State Senator Reacts To High Speed Rail's Price Tag

| Posted 01.09.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams For years, a Long Beach lawmaker prodded the state's High-Speed Rail Au...

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$100 BILLION DOLLARS

AP | By JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 01.01.2012

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A business plan released Tuesday gives the most detailed look to date at California's ambitious plan to link its major cities by...

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Will Lawsuits Derail California's Bullet Train Project?

| Posted 11.19.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Stephanie Rice Even if state officials can scrape together the billions of dollars nee...

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California Bullet Train Regulation Headed For A High-Speed Failure

| Posted 11.06.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Sam Pearson The California High-Speed Rail Authority is facing increased scrutiny from...

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Bullet Train Costs Skyrocket

| Posted 10.29.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Tim Sheehan For two years, the California High-Speed Rail Authority said it could buil...

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'Deplorable' Comments From Bullet Train Official Enrage Farmers

| Posted 10.05.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams At a Sacramento hearing on high-speed rail, the director of a local far...

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High-Speed Rail Proponents Seek Ways To Salvage Project

| Posted 09.21.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams The California bullet train project is buffeted by bad news. Downbea...

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Bitter Dispute Over Bullet Train Gains Steam

| Posted 09.19.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams When a route is proposed for the California bullet train, opponents mob...

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Is Central Valley High-Speed Rail A 'Bridge To Nowhere'?

| David Siders | Posted 08.05.2011

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This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By David Siders FRESNO - The plan for high-speed rail in California is to start on the Fresno sid...

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