Today’s Headlines
Regional partnerships are helping to maximize the impact of federal stimulus dollars (TNR) Arizona craziness: Traffic safety officials allege man is evading 37 photo-enforced speeding tickets by wearing a monkey mask (AZ Republic) Is suburbia the real by-product of government regulation? (Yglesias, Ryan Avent) National Transportation Safety Board bans staff from using cell phones behind … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:48 AM EDT on September 9, 2009
- Regional partnerships are helping to maximize the impact of federal stimulus dollars (TNR)
- Arizona craziness: Traffic safety officials allege man is evading 37 photo-enforced speeding tickets by wearing a monkey mask (AZ Republic)
- Is suburbia the real by-product of government regulation? (Yglesias, Ryan Avent)
- National Transportation Safety Board bans staff from using cell phones behind the wheel (CNN)
- The first study of the congressional climate bill’s benefits — not just its costs — shows that they’re pretty massive (WSJ)
- Bad economy boosts local governments by lowering the amounts of construction bids (AP)
- U.S. airlines are racking up a string of delay reductions (WSJ)
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