Today's Headlines

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)

Adam Voiland

Today's Headlines

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