California Rail Officials Considering Starting High-Speed Rail with Slower Diesel Trains
Last month, California rail officials revealed that the high-speed rail may start service with slower diesel trains. This is in...
Taxpayers Paid Bill for Caltrans Manager’s 2 Year Commute from San Diego to Sacramento
According to an audit release in May, the state paid for a Caltrans manager to commute from San Diego to...
Report Claims that High–Speed Rail Project Might Increase by $1.8 Billion
In late April, an internal draft report by the state rail authority’s staff revealed that the cost to build the...
Report Claims that a Major Funding Source for the California DMV might Collapse
In late February, a nonpartisan report from the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) claimed that an account used to fund...
Bullet Train Project Costs Could Increase by Billions due to Inflation and Delays
According to the Los Angeles Times, the California High Speed Rail Authority will have to increase daily spending by up...
California Legislative Staff Travel at Taxpayers Expense
According to a Sacramento Bee analysis of travel records since 2013, the California Legislature has spent over $192,000 in public...
Moving Power, Gas, and Phone Lines Causes High-Speed Rail Cost to Increase by Millions
When the California High-Speed Rail Authority awarded its first contracts for construction of the bullet-train route in Fresno and Madera...
Grants Awarded to California Bullet Train will be Audited by Federal Government
The U.S. Department of Transportation will audit California’s high-speed rail project as costs continue to increase. The inspector general’s audit...
California bullet train cost rises to $77.3 billion
Last month, the California High-Speed Rail Authority announced that the cost of connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco would increase...
The Tech Boom has Created Working Homeless Population
The economic disparity is surreal in Silicon Valley, as young millionaires dine on expensive meals and purchase expensive products without...
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