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  1. The Right Coast

    California’s Boondoggle Bullet Train Goes Off The (Fiscal) Rails | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis – IBD

    By Thomas A. Smith

    State Waste: The Golden State's vaunted bullet train project, planned to connect San Francisco to Los Angeles, may be in its financial death throes. If so, it's probably the best…

  2. The Right Coast

    Trump administration deals a big setback to Caltrain – SFGate

    By Thomas A. Smith

    In the first big hit to the Bay Area from the Trump administration, newly minted Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has put the brakes on $647 million for Caltrain to go…

  3. New Jersey Law Blog

    NJ Gas Tax, Federal Infrastructure Projects, and Eminent Domain

    By Timothy P. Duggan

    New Jersey approved a gas tax in 2016 to replenish the New Jersey Transportation Fund. The proceeds of the tax are to be used to make infrastructure improvements throughout New…

  4. Capital Thinking

    Congress Looks to Finalize Funding for the Current Fiscal Year; Trump’s FY 2018 “Skinny Budget” Expected Mid-March

    By Squire Patton Boggs

    Executive Branch Activity Trump’s FY 2018 “Skinny Budget” Expected Mid-March The Trump Administration is reporting it will release its FY 2018 budget proposal by mid-March, according to White House Press…

  5. Capital Thinking

    President Trump Expected to Discuss Infrastructure in Coming Weeks; House Transportation Committee to Hold Second FAA Hearing, Focused on Airports

    By Capital Thinking

    Legislative Activity President Trump Expected to Discuss Infrastructure in Coming Weeks The President is expected to release additional information on his infrastructure agenda in the coming weeks. White House Press…

  6. The Right Coast

    OROVILLE DAM Got No Obama Stimulus Funds for Repair in 2009 A National Tragedy And A Political Failure State Of California Hangs In The Balance Town Hall Meeting Scheduled. InvestmentWatch

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Other projects that received money from the stimulus package were $2.2 million for sidewalks and $2.5 million for a 205-acre zero net energy community on the campus of University of…

  7. Washington Energy Report

    PJM Board Authorizes $1.5 Billion in Transmission Projects

    By Daniel Archuleta

    On February 15, 2017, the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) Board authorized more than $1.5 billion in electric transmission projects in the PJM-region as part of the Regional Transmission Enhancement Plan…

  8. The Right Coast

    Oroville dam disaster-in-waiting

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com

  9. The Right Coast

    Oroville dam disaster-in-waiting

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com

  10. Environmental Law Prof Blog

    Now, about those other dams…

    By Environmental Law Prof

    For several recent days, the eyes of the nation were on the Oroville Dam in Northern California.  A rainstorm atop heavy snowpack threatened to overfill Lake Oroville, and the outflows…