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Today’s Headlines

Bus factory made famous by Obama’s stimulus is now laying off workers (NYT) Illinois works both sides of the high-speed rail equation (Trib) LaHood promises to deliver federal transit aid to help Chicago win the 2016 Olympics (WLS-TV) U.S. DOT strengthens drug-testing rules for commercial license holders (Morning News)

By Elana Schor

7:48 AM EDT on September 8, 2009

Bus factory made famous by Obama’s stimulus is now laying off workers (NYT)
Illinois works both sides of the high-speed rail equation (Trib)
LaHood promises to deliver federal transit aid to help Chicago win the 2016 Olympics (WLS-TV)
U.S. DOT strengthens drug-testing rules for commercial license holders (Morning News)

Elana Schor

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