Today’s Headlines
California’s Dems. in Congress Push for High Speed Rail Funding (CAHSR Blog) Great, They’re Tinkering with the Gates Again (The Source) House of Representatives Adopts Part of Wildly Unpopular Transpo. Bill (The Source) Demand for TIFIA Loan “Overwhelming” (Progressive Railroading) Redistricting Panel Set to Release New Map Tomorrow (Daily News) Clean Air Act a Breath … Continued
6:59 AM PST on February 17, 2012
- California’s Dems. in Congress Push for High Speed Rail Funding (CAHSR Blog)
- Great, They’re Tinkering with the Gates Again (The Source)
- House of Representatives Adopts Part of Wildly Unpopular Transpo. Bill (The Source)
- Demand for TIFIA Loan “Overwhelming” (Progressive Railroading)
- Redistricting Panel Set to Release New Map Tomorrow (Daily News)
- Clean Air Act a Breath of Fresh Air for Los Angeles in Smoggy 1970’s (KCET)
- From Graffiti to Street Art (Creative Boom, UK)
- Man Uses Car to “Aid Struggling Officer,” Hits Suspect (Daily News)
- Caltrans Road Project Creates 25 Mile Traffic Jam West of Palm Springs (LAT)
- Al Sharpton’s Car Impounded at Airport for Illegal Parking, Lack of Insurance (Post)
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