Texas lawmakers move to stymie high-speed rail project

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Texas lawmakers move to stymie high-speed rail project
(Source: Houston Chronicle, February 21, 2017)

HOUSTON — Nearly a dozen Republican state lawmakers, mostly from rural and suburban districts, filed a flurry of bills Tuesday aiming to “derail” plans for a privately-funded high-speed rail line in Texas.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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