California’s High-Speed Rail Touts Tiny Savings Amid Epic Cost Explosion

1 sourceUpdated Jul 2, 2026

California’s long-delayed high-speed rail released a new budget plan, touting a few billion in savings but failing to emphasize costs that have significantly exceeded projections since its inception. In a newly released…

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