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The Center Square was launched in May 2019 to fulfill the need for high-quality statehouse and statewide news across the United States. The focus of our work is state- and local-level government and economic reporting. A taxpayer sensibility distinguishes our work from other coverage of state and local issues.
Commuter Rail

Minnesota House Nearly Unanimously Assents to Southwest Light Rail Audit Proposal

March 7, 2022 The Center Square
Minnesota taxpayers will pay $200,000 for the Office of the Legislative Auditor to conduct an audit of the Southwest Light Rail Green Line Extension project if HF 3035 is signed into law.

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Louisiana Among States Opposing Biden Ban on Moving Liquefied Natural Gas by Train

March 7, 2022 The Center Square
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is leading a coalition of 25 states in opposition to a proposed federal rule to ban natural gas transport by rail car, arguing the decision drives up energy costs and threatens national security.

Commuter Rail

Sound Transit Attempting to Address Huge Budget Shortfalls

February 6, 2022 The Center Square
Metro Seattle’s Sound Transit faces an “unsustainable” financial future in the face of a declining number of users and an increase in users not paying for rides.

Commuter Rail

Los Angeles-to-Las Vegas High-Speed Rail Could Break Ground Next Year

January 25, 2022 The Center Square
Las Vegas residents could hop on a train after lunch and step off in downtown Los Angeles before dinner in only a few years, according to a progress update from the company seeking to make the rail trip a reality.

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Alabama-USA Corridor Investment Designed to Push Economic Development in Alabama

January 9, 2022 The Center Square
Alabama is making an investment in rail service in the central and southern parts of the state to create key port access designed to combat the current supply chain crisis and benefit the southeastern part of the country.

Commuter Rail

NJ Transit Proceeding With $595 Million Project to Replace Raritan River Bridge

December 28, 2021 The Center Square
NJ Transit is moving forward with a $595 million project to replace the moveable, swing-span Raritan River Bridge between Perth Amboy and South Amboy.

Miscellaneous

New Jersey to Update its State Freight Rail Plan in 2022

December 24, 2021 The Center Square
New Jersey officials will update the State Freight Plan (SFP) over the next year, a move that could help the state access millions in federal dollars.

A N.J. Transit train departs from Montvale, N.J. on Feb. 10, 2016.
Commuter Rail

Bill Would Increase Penalty for Assaulting Transit Employees in New Jersey

December 13, 2021 The Center Square
The New Jersey Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities has advanced legislation to increase the penalty for anyone who assaults a bus operator or passenger railroad employee in the state.

Commuter Rail

Cost of Caltrain Electrification Project Increases to $2.44 Billion

December 11, 2021 The Center Square
A Caltrain project that would electrify a corridor of stations in the Bay Area is coming in $462 million over initial estimates, increasing the project’s price to $2.44 billion, Caltrain announced this week.

Commuter Rail

Massachusetts Should ‘Rethink’ Transportation Spending Priorities, Expert Says

December 5, 2021 The Center Square
One public policy expert said Massachusetts should not spend any infrastructure on transportation until it figures out how to spend existing transportation funding more effectively.

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