Trump administration to investigate California high-speed rail project
Federal officials will be investigating California’s high-speed rail plans, with the goal of determining if a portion of the ...
Why independent agencies were created to be independent
President Trump claims power over independent regulators in a new order. NPR asks Jane Manners, law professor at Temple ...
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Rail Priorities for a New Administration: Q&A With Jack Isselmann, RSI GPAC Chair
As the new presidential administration and Congress begin their terms, RSI is hard at work advocating for key legislative ...
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To Electrify—or Not?
On Jan. 15, 2025, the Federal Railroad Administration released on its website the final report titled Cost and Benefit Risk ...
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Federal Grants Spur Railroad Improvements
I n October 2024, a total of 122 projects in 41 states and Washington, DC were selected for the Federal Railroad Administration ... federal match of 20% by the organization receiving the grant.
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What federal workers should know about Trump administration’s ‘deferred resignation’ offer
It is the latest step the Trump administration has taken to reshape the federal workforce — including ordering most federal workers back to the office, firing inspectors general at several ...
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Trump administration offering "deferred resignation" to government workers unwilling to return to office
The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to quit in September in a program meant to end work-from-home practices, senior administration officials told CBS News. A government-wide ...
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Trump administration allows federal workers to take ‘deferred resignation,’ offers 8-month buyouts on one condition
The Trump administration is offering federal workers the chance to take a "deferred resignation,” allowing them to resign now but get paid through September. Donald Trump's administration is ...
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Chicago area nonprofits in dismay over Trump administration's federal funding freeze
Peller said the organization receives about $26 million in federal funding for housing ... funding freeze like the one ordered by the Trump administration, and hope legal challenges provide ...
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Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government
The Trump administration says it will begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and is warning of future downsizing The Trump administration ...
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Trump administration’s freeze of federal funding throws local aid organizations into uncertainty
The Trump administration ... through federal dollars. Depending on what, if any, long-term impacts the federal funding review will result in, Veitzer said it could force his organization to ...
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review ...