Today’s Headlines
Could a delay in the federal transportation bill spell trouble for the NYC-NJ transit tunnel? (Star-Ledger) Not everyone in Michigan likes Rep. Candice Miller’s (D) plan to save the state’s federal road aid (Detroit Free Press) Gas prices top $3 per gallon in California — are more states to come? (CNN Money) James Surowiecki has … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:45 AM EDT on June 16, 2009
- Could a delay in the federal transportation bill spell trouble for the NYC-NJ transit tunnel? (Star-Ledger)
- Not everyone in Michigan likes Rep. Candice Miller’s (D) plan to save the state’s federal road aid (Detroit Free Press)
- Gas prices top $3 per gallon in California — are more states to come? (CNN Money)
- James Surowiecki has a novel solution to the gas tax dilemma: make it flexible, based on oil prices (New Yorker)
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