Today's Headlines

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)

Katie Pearce

Today's Headlines

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