California High-Speed Rail Board Approves Construction of Lines into Bakersfield, Merced

August 18, 2022 2:30 amAugust 17, 2022 9:02 pm

The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors announced on Wednesday that they approved the continued construction of the network into both Merced and Bakersfield. Originally estimated to cost $33 billion in 2008, costs of the high speed rail system...

California High Speed Rail Authority Faces Another Two Year Delay in Construction

March 30, 2021 7:13 amApril 1, 2021 6:46 am

A released letter from Spanish construction firm Dragados Monday found that the opening of the California high speed rail stretch between Bakersfield and Merced was likely to be delayed by another two years. In a letter obtained by the Los...

California High-Speed Rail Authority Announces Another Delay By At Least a Year

February 6, 2021 8:23 amFebruary 6, 2021 8:36 am

On Friday, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) announced that the deadline for the completion of the first stretch of track would be delayed by at least a year. The high-speed rail network, which was passed as AB 3034 in...

Part II: Fireside Chat with Congressman Tom McClintock

November 19, 2020 1:32 pmNovember 19, 2020 1:34 pm

Since being elected to public office in 1982, Tom McClintock has always been involved in the budget – while in state public office, as well as the federal budget in Congress. More recently he has observed Gov. Gavin Newsom try...

A Fireside Chat with Congressman Tom McClintock After Reelection to CA-4

November 17, 2020 1:37 pmNovember 17, 2020 1:37 pm

Republican California Congressman Tom McClintock may be used to running for reelection, having been elected and reelected to Congress since 2009. California’s 4th Congressional District is one of the largest, most expansive districts in the state, extending from the North...

How Many California Counties Use ‘Glitchy’ Dominion Voting System?

November 16, 2020 7:20 amNovember 17, 2020 12:27 pm

Across the country, recounts and legal challenges to vote results from November 3, 2020 Presidential Election are taking place in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona. At issue in several states is the “glitchy” computer program in Michigan which...

New Documents Show Botched Madera High-Speed Rail Bridge Project

August 12, 2020 2:10 amAugust 11, 2020 9:27 pm

On Monday, a release of documents showed that a California High-Speed Rail and BNSF Railway bridge in Madera County has halted production due to numerous construction issues and design problems. The Road 27 bridge, located in the town of Madera,...