Today’s Headlines
Foxx Confirmed (Grist, Politico) What Does It Mean to Have a Mayor in Control of U.S. DOT? (Governing) Outgoing LaHood Sees Prospects for Transpo Bill as “Not Good” (The Hill) Also From LaHood: Gas Prices Are Never Going Down (Examiner) Study: Smart Growth Homes Less Likely to Go Into Default (Switchboard) House and Senate at Odds Over … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:13 AM EDT on June 28, 2013
- Foxx Confirmed (Grist, Politico)
- What Does It Mean to Have a Mayor in Control of U.S. DOT? (Governing)
- Outgoing LaHood Sees Prospects for Transpo Bill as “Not Good” (The Hill)
- Also From LaHood: Gas Prices Are Never Going Down (Examiner)
- Study: Smart Growth Homes Less Likely to Go Into Default (Switchboard)
- House and Senate at Odds Over TIGER Funding (Trans Issues Daily, Next City)
- “Patent Trolls” Get Congress’s Attention (AP)
- Will Maryland’s Higher Gas Tax Pay for Bigger Highway? (WAMU)
- Pennsylvania House Approves Huge Transpo Funding Boost (AP)
- Should Buses and Subways Offer Free Rides? (Tree Hugger)
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