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01/2010 Labor's Edge Blog Articles
1/27/10
California Gets $2.35 Billion Stimulus For High Speed Rail and Other Passenger Rail
by Robert Cruickshank
Tomorrow is going to be an excellent day for California High Speed Rail. Multiple sources have verified that California will receive $2.35 billion in federal passenger rail stimulus funds. $2.25 billion of that goes directly to high speed rail, the other $100 million goes to other passenger rail projects including some of the Amtrak California routes that Richard Tolmach threw a temper tantrum about back in fall 2009.
1/27/10
Look North: Lessons From the Oregon Election
by Jean Ross
Yesterday, Oregon voters gave us something to cheer about. Voters approved Propositions 66 and 67 by wide margins. These measures increased tax rates on high-income Oregonians and imposed a modest hike in corporate taxes.