Months after the feds began trying to defund it, California high-speed rail on Saturday obtained a $1 billion annual financial commitment through 2045 from the state. That means California's ...

The California High-Speed Rail Authority says it wants a sales tax exemption on in-state purchases, a first-ever move for the project that could tighten timelines and save money but also mean fewer ...

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One country where you cannot ride a train traveling more than 180 mph is the United States. California is trying to change that. But the state's ambitious high-speed rail project faces an uncertain ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> More than a month after the Trump administration moved to rescind $4 billion in expected funding, the future of California’s high-speed rail project remains uncertain. The money ...

California legislators are not backing down from the commitment to create a high-speed rail system to connect the Bay Area and the Los Angeles basin. On Saturday, the California Legislature will ...

Officials at the California High-Speed Rail Authority defended the project from a scathing federal audit they say is “an inaccurate, often outright misleading, presentation of the evidence.” The ...

California’s long-embattled bullet train faces another dilemma. A new report released Friday by the California High-Speed Rail Authority warns that the scaled-down Central Valley segment — the only ...

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 ...

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 ...

State commits $1B annually through 2045 to fund California high-speed rail. Cap-and-Invest program extension secures funds to complete Central Valley route. Guaranteed state backing aims to attract ...