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President Trump to Launch Investigation into High Cost Of California High-Speed Rail

February 5, 2025 2:45 amFebruary 5, 2025 2:46 am

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he will be launching an investigation into the high cost of California High Speed Rail (CAHSR), fulfilling a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) promise made late last year. Originally estimated to cost $33 billion...

Gov. Newsom Celebrates High Speed Rail Kern County Track Laying

January 7, 2025 1:52 pmJanuary 7, 2025 1:57 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom, California High Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri, Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez, and other local dignitaries and Rail officials attended a track laying ceremony in the Kern County town of Shafter on Monday. The first high-speed...

LA Times Angles for High-Speed Rail As ‘Jobs’ Program

December 26, 2024 9:40 amDecember 28, 2024 9:23 am

What a train wreck. The Los Angeles Times is touting how California’s high-speed rail project “trains workers and provides thousands of jobs in the Central Valley.” You read that right. They finally admit that it’s just a union jobs program....

CA Congressional Democrats Scramble to Push Huge High Speed Rail Grant

December 26, 2024 7:58 amDecember 26, 2024 7:58 am

A group of Californian’s congressional Democrats comprising of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Senator-elect Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Congressional Members Jim Costa (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Pete Aguilar (D-CA) continued to make a major push this week for the U.S. ...

Rep. Kiley to Introduce Bill to Eliminate All Federal Funding For California High-Speed Rail Authority

December 11, 2024 4:42 pmDecember 12, 2024 8:00 am

Congressman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) announced on Wednesday that he plans to introduce a bill soon that would eliminate federal funding for the failed California High-Speed Rail project, which, if successful, would amount to at least $8 billion in potential federal...

Upcoming Department Of Government Efficiency to Take Aim at California High Speed Rail

December 6, 2024 5:40 pmDecember 6, 2024 5:40 pm

Expected Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Co-Commissioner Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed on Thursday that DOGE will be looking at removing all-funding from the California High Speed rail project, with Ramaswamy particularly concerned about the project still looking for $100 billion to...

Trump Vs. California… and Vice Versa

November 4, 2024 12:01 pmNovember 4, 2024 12:01 pm

If Donald Trump is elected president, a few things will happen here in California. First, Attorney General Rob Bonta will immediately begin filing nearly daily lawsuits against him, most likely even before Trump is sworn in. Bonta will do this...