Today’s Headlines
New Home Sales Down Significantly (NYT) Meanwhile, Builders Report Demand for Ped-Friendly Neighborhoods (CityBiz) Feds Estimate 8 Percent of Motorists Drive Drunk Each Year (AP) If Murkowski Loses Seat, Next GOP Sen. in Line on Energy Committee Is More Conservative (The Hill) In Joe Miller, Another Climate Contrarian Inches Toward Power (Grist) Motorists Push for … Continued
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Adam Voiland
9:03 AM EDT on August 26, 2010
- New Home Sales Down Significantly (NYT)
- Meanwhile, Builders Report Demand for Ped-Friendly Neighborhoods (CityBiz)
- Feds Estimate 8 Percent of Motorists Drive Drunk Each Year (AP)
- If Murkowski Loses Seat, Next GOP Sen. in Line on Energy Committee Is More Conservative (The Hill)
- In Joe Miller, Another Climate Contrarian Inches Toward Power (Grist)
- Motorists Push for Road Funding as Shortage Looms in Michigan (AP)
- Why Libertarians Are Wrong About Infrastructure (Infrastructurist)
- More Grumbling in San Mateo County About High-Speed Rail (SFExaminer)
- Ehrlich Promises More Funding for Transportation in Maryland If Elected (Gazette)
- DC TIGER II Request Would More Than Triple the Size of Bike-Sharing System (BeyondDC)
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