A Japanese-backed effort to build a Dallas-Houston bullet train may just be the start of an international rail play in Texas as companies from other countries vie for a piece of potential rail projects in the state.
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Economy
Firm Claims Train Will Have $36 Billion Impact
The private firm trying to build a bullet train between Dallas and Houston has released a study claiming it would pump more than $30 billion into the state economy over the next 25 years.
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Transportation
Texas Bullet Train Still Moving Forward But Big Obstacles Linger
The private firm hoping to build a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston has been celebrating a summer of successes. But three years after Texas Central Partners first revealed its ambitious venture, challenges remain.
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State Government
Video: A Conversation with Steve Adler and Ivy Taylor
Full video of my 9/4 conversation with Austin Mayor Steve Adler and San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor.
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House, Senate Negotiators Reach Deal on Budget
Top House and Senate negotiators sealed up the final unresolved issues on a two-year budget deal on Thursday evening, including removing controversial language that would have killed a proposed Dallas-Houston bullet train.
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Transportation
House, Senate at Odds Over Provision That Would Block Bullet Train
House and Senate leaders are in the midst of intense negotiations over a budget rider that could kill a proposed $12 billion bullet train project connecting Dallas and Houston.
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State Government
Rural Critics Organize to Stop Private Bullet Train
Dallas and Houston leaders may want a super-fast train connecting their cities, but folks in between aren’t as sold on the idea. Some have formed Texans Against High-Speed Rail, and they’re hiring lobbyists and courting allies in a bid to kill the plan.
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Transportation
Kolkhorst Aide: Bullet Train Position Not at Odds With Former Stance
State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, who is leading opposition to a company’s efforts to build a high-speed rail line, was once part of a group that supported private sector development of high-speed rail. An aide says she is not uniformly opposed to high-speed rail.
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State Government
Analysis: Lawmakers Contradict Themselves on Debt and Domain
Lawmakers try to do what voters want, but nobody promised consistency. That’s why you can get the same legislators to reduce debt and increase it on the same day, or to argue for and against eminent domain in the same hearing.
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State Government
Senate Bill Targeting Bullet Train Project Advances
On a 5-4 vote, the Senate Transportation Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would hobble a private company’s plan to build a $12 billion high-speed rail line from Dallas to Houston.
