Today’s Headlines
Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Funding to Sanctuary Cities — They Vow to Fight Back (NYT) The Week: Congressional Republicans Aren’t Going to Support Dems’ Infrastructure Bill Climate Change Activist Walking Barefoot Across the Country Killed by Florida Driver (NYT) Americans Want to Rebuild Roads and Bridges, But Not Higher Taxes (Reuters) Virginia to Crack Down on … Continued
8:57 AM EST on January 26, 2017
- Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Funding to Sanctuary Cities — They Vow to Fight Back (NYT)
- The Week: Congressional Republicans Aren’t Going to Support Dems’ Infrastructure Bill
- Climate Change Activist Walking Barefoot Across the Country Killed by Florida Driver (NYT)
- Americans Want to Rebuild Roads and Bridges, But Not Higher Taxes (Reuters)
- Virginia to Crack Down on Drunken Segway Drivers (WaPo)
- Safety for Pedestrians Must Be a Priority, Says Newspaper in Most Deadly City for Walking (News Press)
- Elon Musk Reportedly Ready to Bore Holes Under Los Angeles to Fix Congestion (USA Today)
- CBS News: Nine Worst Cities to Own a Car
Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.
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