Opinion: California doesn’t need DOGE, but there’s still plenty to cut here
A full audit — independent, rigorous and public — could draw a blueprint to root out waste and fraud without theatrics.
Government Technology7h
AI Poised to Reshape State Transportation Departments, Staff
Transportation departments in Texas and California are exploring artificial intelligence, and the latter may create a chief ...
California doesn’t need DOGE, but there’s plenty of wasteful spending and bureaucracy to cut
DOGE’s aim to save taxpayers money resonates in California, where taxes soar and deficits loom, Zac Townsend argues.
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California awards $300M in federal funding for safer roadways
California said it will invest early $300 million in federal funding on 288 traffic safety projects across the state.
Live coverage: Monster March storm brings tornadoes, mudslides, avalanches to California
California braced for the arrival of a massive storm on Wednesday, evacuating residents in areas at risk of mudslides and ...
Trump administration launches review of California’s high-speed rail spending
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced that the Trump administration has launched a compliance review of California's high-speed rail project.
California state workers react to Newsom’s return-to-office order: ‘How does this help us?’
The sunset of current hybrid work policies came as a surprise on Monday, but wasn’t entirely unexpected, state workers said.
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Trump’s Transportation Dept. Targets Blue State Priorities
The Trump administration has set its sights on high speed rail in California and congestion pricing in New York, worrying transportation experts. By Claire Brown The Department of Transportation ...
High-speed rail is California’s slow-motion train wreck. Two Democrats own this mess | Opinion
Newsom and Biden had all the money needed to build the San Joaquin leg of a statewide system. They squandered the opportunity ...
Tesla makes step toward robotaxi services in California. What to know
Tesla applied for a transportation charter-party carrier permit — a prerequisite for self-driving taxi programs in California ...
California Bullet Train At Risk As Trump Administration Opens Funding Review
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ordered a "compliance" review of the project, hinting that $4 billion of federal funds ...
Austin is the new capital of the robotaxi wars
Waymo and Tesla robotaxis are set to battle it out for the first time in Austin, America's new robotaxi capital.