Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Housing Policy Neophyte Ben Carson Confirmed as HUD Boss (WaPo) Whatever Happens to the EPA, It’s Important for Cities (CityLab) Milwaukee Groups File Suit Against Highway Expansion (Biz Times) Janette Sadik-Khan Sees “Electric” Energy in Detroit (Detroit Free Press) Anthony Foxx Skeptical of Trump’s Infrastructure Plan (CBS News) WaPo on How NIMBYism Could Kill Infrastructure Ambitions … Continued

By Katie Pearce

9:00 AM EST on March 3, 2017

Housing Policy Neophyte Ben Carson Confirmed as HUD Boss (WaPo)
Whatever Happens to the EPA, It’s Important for Cities (CityLab)
Milwaukee Groups File Suit Against Highway Expansion (Biz Times)
Janette Sadik-Khan Sees “Electric” Energy in Detroit (Detroit Free Press)
Anthony Foxx Skeptical of Trump’s Infrastructure Plan (CBS News)
WaPo on How NIMBYism Could Kill Infrastructure Ambitions
Design Challenge Reimagines Houston’s Streets (Houston Chron)
Charleston Gets a New Walking/Biking Advocate (Post & Courier)

Katie Pearce

Today's Headlines

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