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Today’s Headlines

8:42 AM EST on November 19, 2012

    • Next DOT Secretary Should Have Technical Expertise, Not Just Political Cred (Bloomberg)
    • The Committee Bill Shuster Wants to Lead Is Very Different From the One His Father Left (Morning Call)
    • Fox: Infrastructure Spending Is Just a "Pat on the Back" for Unions (Media Matters)
    • CBO Struggles to Make Carbon Tax More Progressive (Forbes)
    • Judge Rules California HSR Can Go Forward (AP)
    • Nation's Longest Road Project Flounders For Lack of Money (Courier Press)
    • Virginia State Senator Proposes Eliminating Fuel's Sales Tax Exemption (WaPo)
    • Massachusetts, Wisconsin Also Considering Raising the Gas Tax (Globe, Journal-Sentinel)
    • Oklahoma General Contractors Want a Solution to Electric Vehicles' Fuel Tax Evasion (Oklahoman)
Tanya Snyder
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radio’s 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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