Green Line extension given cautious approval

Green Line extension given cautious approval

Transportation overseers gave a unanimous, but provisional, go-ahead for scaled-down Green Line Extension project on Monday without yet fully committing the state to the $2.3 billion endeavor.

"There's a difference between giving it the green light and signing on the bottom line," Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack noted ahead of the vote.

House Republicans fret over collateral Trump damage
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House Republicans fret over collateral Trump damage

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Anxiety over Donald Trump spread among congressional Republicans Monday, pushing several to follow House Speaker Paul Ryan's lead and withhold their support from the divisive billionaire. Ryan himself declared there's no point in trying to "fake" party unity.

"If we go forward pretending that we're unified, then we are going to be at half-strength this fall," Ryan told The Journal Times in Racine, Wisconsin, defending his stunning decision last week to refuse to endorse his party's presumptive presidential nominee.

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