Today’s Headlines
White House Says They Have Ace Up Their Sleeve to Avoid Government Shutdown (The Hill) Amid Middle East Revolutions, Gas Prices Jump (USA Today) First Virginia, Then Capitol Hill? State Senate Votes Down Anti-Livability Measures (GGW) Transportation Reformers Brainstorm Solutions to the Infrastructure Crisis (Infrastructurist) Transit Champions Ray LaHood and Martin O’Malley Celebrate Highway Opening … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:48 AM EST on February 23, 2011
- White House Says They Have Ace Up Their Sleeve to Avoid Government Shutdown (The Hill)
- Amid Middle East Revolutions, Gas Prices Jump (USA Today)
- First Virginia, Then Capitol Hill? State Senate Votes Down Anti-Livability Measures (GGW)
- Transportation Reformers Brainstorm Solutions to the Infrastructure Crisis (Infrastructurist)
- Transit Champions Ray LaHood and Martin O’Malley Celebrate Highway Opening (GovMonitor)
- Wisconsin Transit “Can’t Absorb” Spending Cuts Proposed by Gov. Walker (Fox)
- Mica’s HSR Proposal to Gov. Scott Wasn’t Worth Accepting Anyway (Orlando Sentinel)
- 10 States Prohibit Crash Taxes for Drivers and More Are Working On a Ban (Land Line)
- Fresno Rep’s Criteria for HSR in California: “On Time, Under Budget, Off of Ag Land” (BizJournal)
- Bicycle Film Fest Taking Submissions (Hear That, Clarence?) (Good)
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.
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