The state’s High-Speed Rail Authority board punted a vote Wednesday on its long-awaited business plan — after lawmakers and budget hawks torched it as incomplete, opaque and possibly illegal.
California punts on high-speed rail plan as furor grows over new $231B price tag
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April 29, 2026
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