Ryan Holeywell

Recent Articles

• Visualization: When Will Your City Recover?
• Jun 21, 2011
• A new report from the U.S. Conference of mayors projects when unemployment will return to pre-recession levels in more than 360 metro areas.
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• Mayors Urge End to Iraq, Afghanistan Wars
• Jun 17, 2011
• As federal officials slash programs that aid state and local governments, mayors say savings should be found elsewhere.
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• Is Sen. Boxer’s Highway Plan Realistic?
• Jun 1, 2011
• Her committee proposes a six-year bill that preserves highway funding. There's little chance that will become law any time soon.
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• The Governors' Guy in D.C.
• May 31, 2011
• The new executive director of the National Governors Association, Dan Crippen, has big shoes to fill. Luckily, he has years of experience working with governors.

• Six Ideas for Fixing the Nation's Infrastructure Problems
• May 31, 2011
• Here's how to plan, fund and make a safer, more efficient transportation system.
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• Terror on the Border? Not Exactly.
• May 27, 2011
• Gov. Rick Perry tells Fox News that "there is great terror" on the Texas-Mexico border. FBI statistics say otherwise.
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• As NFL Lockout Looms, Mayors Consider Their Strategy
• May 26, 2011
• Owners wanted municipalities to build them stadiums -- and taxpayers ponied up. Now the NFL may refuse to play games at the very facilities they requested.

• State and Local Governments Feeling Pinch of Debt Limit
• May 25, 2011
• To prevent default, the Treasury Department stopped issuing a security that's key to municipal bond issuers.

• GAO: 3,700 Stimulus Recipients Owe Taxes
• May 25, 2011
• Federal law prohibits the IRS from alerting government contract officers to tax scofflaws.
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• States, Counties Spar Over Medicaid 'Flexibility'
• May 23, 2011
• States are lobbying Washington for permission to cut Medicaid rolls. If that happens, county leaders say, local governments would be left with the bill.
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• Study: Transit Doesn't Take Workers to Jobs
• May 13, 2011
• Only about 30 percent of jobs in the country's 100 largest metros are accessible via transit, according to a new Brookings report.
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• LaHood Says Congress Should Figure Out Details of Transportation Bill
• May 12, 2011
• The president's budget calls for a highway bill that's nearly double the size of its predecessor. How to fund it, LaHood says, "is up to Congress now."

• Study: States Lack Data To Evaluate Transportation Spending
• May 12, 2011
• States spent $131 billion on transportation last year. But most can't say fully whether those investments paid off.

• Feds Delay 3 Percent Withholding Rule
• May 11, 2011
• The requirement, considered burdensome by state and local governments, is now slated to take effect in 2013.

• Feds Divvy Up Florida's $2 Billion in Rail Funds
• May 9, 2011
• More than 100 projects sought the money rejected by Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Among the big winners: Amtrak's northeast corridor.
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