Apple Magazine - Issue 395 (2019-05-24)

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California sued to block the Trump
administration from cancelling nearly $1 billion
for the state’s high-speed rail project, escalating
the state’s feud with the federal government.
The Federal Railroad Administration announced
last week it would not give California the money
awarded by Congress nearly a decade ago,
arguing that the state has not made enough
progress on the project.
The state must complete construction on
a segment of track in the Central Valley
agricultural heartland by 2022 to keep the
money, and the administration has argued
the state cannot meet that deadline and has


CALIFORNIA SUES OVER $1B IN CANCELED HIGH-SPEED RAIL MONEY
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