Rep. Seth Moulton’s breezy cheerleading for California’s high-speed rail project in “America Should Travel Fast” (Letters, July 28) offers no persuasive reasons to persist in spending billions of ...

California set out to build a sleek electric spine between its biggest cities, a symbol of climate ambition and technological confidence. Instead, after well over $100 billion in projected costs and ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 26 (Reuters) - California has dropped a lawsuit challenging the decision by the administration of President Donald Trump to cancel more than $4 billion in federal grants for the ...

In 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom used his first State of the State address to “level about the high-speed rail.” The Los Angeles-to-San Francisco project “would cost too much and, ...

The State has opted to move forward without the Trump administration. We regret that they will not share in California’s ...

HANFORD, Calif. — Hundreds of miles from Los Angeles and San Francisco, the first leg of California's high-speed rail line is rising above the almond trees and grape vines of the Central Valley. This ...

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The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating the high-speed rail project after the Trump administration announced it was pulling billions in funding. California’s high-speed ...

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This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Seventeen years ago, Californians bet on a grand vision of the future. They narrowly approved a $10 billion ...