After trying for five months to hire a public relations company to help with that effort, state rail officials elected Tuesday to go without, at least temporarily.
California High-Speed Rail Authority board members told staff in Merced to put on hold the authority's effort to replace its current, $9 million contract with Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, which has been winding down since Ogilvy announced this summer it was quitting.
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