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The Texas Legislature's Last-Minute Stealth Move to Block High-Speed Rail
Whether or not the budget rider will survive remains to be seen.
There’s trouble brewing in Texas. The big, privately funded high-speed rail plan to connect Dallas and Houston evidently hangs in the balance at the moment, as the state legislature hashes out the details of its 2016-17 budget. One of the central sticking points? A legislative rider attached to the budget that would all-but nix the fast train, reports Aman Batheja of the Texas Tribune.
Batheja later tweeted the rider in full: