Today’s Headlines
Obama Stands Firm on Anti-Earmark Pledge (The Hill) Rahm’s Transpo Platform for Chicago Is All About Transit (Transpo Nation) Michelle Obama: Obesity is a “National Security Issue” (Politico) Richard Sarles Takes the Reins at Metro (WaPo) Minneapolis Light Rail Line Takes Flak (Star Tribune) Rand Paul Wants to Dismantle HUD (Housing Wire) Study: Small Cities … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
8:47 AM EST on January 28, 2011
- Obama Stands Firm on Anti-Earmark Pledge (The Hill)
- Rahm’s Transpo Platform for Chicago Is All About Transit (Transpo Nation)
- Michelle Obama: Obesity is a “National Security Issue” (Politico)
- Richard Sarles Takes the Reins at Metro (WaPo)
- Minneapolis Light Rail Line Takes Flak (Star Tribune)
- Rand Paul Wants to Dismantle HUD (Housing Wire)
- Study: Small Cities Can Be Big Polluters Per Capita (AFP)
- Cars Kill Everywhere, But Especially in South Dakota (Rapid City Journal)
- Key Soot Standard Remains Up in the Air (NYT)
- More Sprawl on the Way for Virginia (Grist)
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