Pink slip will go out today to Sacramento Regional Transit District employees. The layoff are just the first round of budget saving cuts that RT will make.

Alaine Masui with Regional Transit confirmed that several employees will be getting layoff notices some time Friday. Up to 300 RT employees will the cut by summertime, but it was unclear how many would be cut in this first round.

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Sacramento Regional Transit officials are adding a new route. Despite financial woes, RT breaks ground next week on step one of a long-standing plan to build light rail from downtown to Natomas and, eventually, the airport.

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