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8:50 AM EDT on July 2, 2015

    • Wisconsin Lawmakers Rebuff Scott Walker's Big-Spending Road Plans (Journal Times)
    • Michigan GOP Legislature Raises Gas Tax From 19 Cents to 34 Cents a Gallon (AP, ABC7)
    • Washington State Raises Gas Tax 11.9 Cents (Spokesman-Review)
    • Bipartisan Plan for $85 Million Transpo Bond Passes in Maine (MPBN)
    • Georgia Gas Tax Hike Takes Effect (WALB)
    • FRA Enlists Google Maps to Help Make At-Grade Rail Crossings Safer (Wired)
    • Journal-Sentinel, BizJournal Gang Up on Milwaukee Transit Union For Going on Strike
    • DC: A Hotbed of Transportation Technology Innovation (DCInno)
    • The Silver Lining of Seattle's Deep Bore Tunnel: Waterfront Development (CityLab)
    • Jaywalking Laws Harm the Poor (Planetizen)
Tanya Snyder
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radio’s Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.

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