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)
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