Trump's Budget Threatens Funding for Light Rail Projects in Puget Sound

by Heidi GrooverTrump's budget is an attack on poor, rural America—and on cities too. STANTON STEPHENS
When I reached Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff by phone this morning, he sounded unwell."I'm on my way to Olympia to try to protect one revenue source while looking at the loss of revenues from Washington, D.C.," Rogoff said. "It's a grim day."
Rogoff was headed to the state legislature to try to fight Republican effortsthere to reduce the amount of tax dollars Sound Transit can collect fr