Richardson donors tied to rail project
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Contracting and development executives with a financial stake in a $400 million commuter rail system pushed by New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson have contributed thousands of dollars to his presidential campaign and provided him the use of corporate planes.
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By The Salt Lake Tribune  Sep. 7--Just because the Utah Senate rebuffed a proposal to fund transit  and road projects through sales tax increases doesn't mean the issue is dead,  say business lobbyists.
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Funding problems may close New England's popular passenger rail in 2009.
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â¢The Senate is expected to vote on the overall $3.3 billion spending plan for the state Department of Transportation, which supports state and local highway programs, public transportation programs and department administration (House Bill 5528).
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By San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 16--COLTON -- FUNDS FOR RIVER TRAIL PROJECT: The City Council on  Tuesday evening will consider applying for a federal grant to provide access  to the Santa Ana River Trail.
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By Erik N. Nelson  For once, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is in a position to offer millions of dollars worth of highway projects to all nine Bay Area counties simultaneously.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Feb. 25--Legislators have never trusted mayors or county commissioners to raise a local sales tax for transit.   But, apparently, they'll trust these local officials to OK or veto a nuclear power plant -- unilaterally.
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The Utah Transit Authority announced Thursday that it has received $80 million in federal dollars to help build its FrontRunner commuter-rail line from Salt Lake City to Pleasant View, Weber County. The line will eventually extend to south Utah County as well.
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Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama responded to his call Tuesday for help in closing the fundraising gap with New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. From noon Tuesday to 5 p.m. Wednesday, they donated more than $1 million online, according to his campaign. The Illinois Senator sent out an e-mail message to backers yesterday, setting a goal of raising $2.1 million to catch Clinton.
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Demands are made to end delays in opening a Â£30m rail line whose launch was abandoned at short notice.
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The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway is nearing the completion of a $30 million, government-funded IP network that will support combined voice, data and video traffic along a heavily used rail corridor between Seattle and Tacoma.
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By Tom Holden, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 23--Hampton Roads Transit agreed Thursday to spend $4.9 million on a contract with the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority to acquire property for the planned light rail project.
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NEWARK, N.J. - A major donor to embattled Gov...
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Jun. 19--Northwest ratepayers got a boost recently when Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., convinced the House Natural Resources Committee to agree that hydropower is a renewable energy resource.
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Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson isn't making an endorsement in the presidential race for now, and he won't indicate when he'll make a decision.
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By Leigh Dethman and Nicole Warburton Deseret Morning News  Salt Lake County voters will be asked this November to approve a sales-tax hike for road and transit construction instead of paying higher property taxes for light-rail expansion.
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I am disappointed (but not surprised) to hear of the problems with the proposed transit tax in Salt Lake County. I was torn when voting for the tax increase in November.