Bills targeting Texas high-speed rail spark debate in Senate Transportation Committee

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The three bills considered to be the biggest threat to a proposed high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas were laid out before the Senate Transportation Committee April 5. During Texas’ previous legislative session in 2015, senators groused about the inability to pin down the route of Texas Central Partners’ so-called “Texas Bullet Train.” Many still consider the privately financed plan a boondoggle. This session, criticism of Texas Central has coalesced into firm opposition from rural…