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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Tracking LA transit money

    With Measure M’s passage, LA county says it will raise $120 billion over the next 40 years to help expand transit options in the city. Where’s all that money headed, and how soon might you see it put to work around your neighborhood?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 16, 2016 • 1 min read

    With Measure M’s passage, LA county says it will raise $120 billion over the next 40 years to help expand transit options in the city. Where’s all that money headed, and how soon might you see it put to work around your neighborhood?

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    Manufacturing and coal aren't coming back
    1. 0:31Is a manufacturing renaissance possible?
    2. 9:47What less coal means for the future of energy
    3. 18:04Rabbi: Jewish values don’t change with the presidency
    4. 28:34In ‘Elle,’ a raped woman doesn’t react like you’d expect
    5. 43:36Tracking LA transit moneyYou’re reading this
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