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Civil Litigation,
Government

May 22, 2019

State sues US over high-speed rail defunding

Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California High-Speed Rail Authority are seeking to block the U.S. government from rescinding nearly a billion dollars in funding to the state’s high-speed rail project, in a suit filed Tuesday in a San Francisco federal court.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California High-Speed Rail Authority are seeking to block the U.S. government from rescinding nearly a billion dollars in funding to the state's high-speed rail project in a suit filed Tuesday in a San Francisco federal court.

Newsom claims President Donald J. Trump -- through the Federal Railroad Administration -- is de-obligating $929 million to punish California for opposing his proposed Southern border ...

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