Newsom’s high speed boondoggle tops $231 billion

Published April 29, 2026 2:29pm ET



On the heels of another debate among California’s candidates for governor, the state received more bad news about the failing high-speed rail project. Any serious candidate for governor should commit to ending the high-speed rail scam once and for all.

The price tag for the high-speed rail has ballooned again, this time to a whopping $231 billion

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