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Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM EDT on July 29, 2015

    • After Rejecting Five-Month Transpo Extension, Senate Takes Up Three-Month Bill (Roll Call)
    • Strategic Petroleum Reserve Safe, Ex-Im Bank Dead -- For Now (Forbes, Examiner)
    • AP Summarizes Senate Bill, as If It Matters Anymore
    • Philly to Hold a One-Day Lottery for SEPTA Passes for Pope's Visit (AP)
    • FDOT May Fund Bus, Light Rail Service on New Tampa Area HOT Lanes (TBO)
    • 2015 Has Been an Especially Deadly Year on Tucson's Roads (AZPM)
    • Emanuel Proposes Expanding Chicago's TOD Areas (Streetsblog Chicago)
    • Tennessee Gov. Haslam Goes on Tour to Tout Gas Tax Increase (WBIR)
    • North Carolina DOT Chief, Architect of 25-Year Vision Plan, Resigns (WNCT)
    • Another Survey Shows Millennials Love Walking, Not Driving (NAR)
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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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