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dan-vock

Daniel C. Vock

Staff Writer

Dan is Governing’s transportation and infrastructure reporter. Dan developed a deep knowledge of government generally, and of states specifically, as a reporter for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and for Stateline. He has a master’s degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield and a bachelor’s degree in English and German from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Garbage workers are killed on the job more often than police or firefighters.
Dangerous heat isn't new to Phoenix, but its efforts to keep people safe in triple-digit temperatures are.
Native Americans who live on the reservation in Utah are used to having to fight for basic government services. But they’d at least like roads that can reliably transfer patients to the ER and kids to school.
Other studies have found no significant effect in the number of crashes since the first three states legalized marijuana sales.
The Vision Zero traffic-safety campaign depends on using data to identify dangerous conditions. Now that data is getting even better.
A refugee center in Twin Falls has endured many months of anti-immigrant hostility -- and emerged stronger as a result.
St. Louis International could become the largest airport in the country under private control.
Nearly half the states have increased fuel taxes in the past five years, suggesting it's perhaps not the political risk it was once thought to be.
Critics say suburban headquarters for companies like Apple and Google contribute to traffic and sprawl. The solution may lie in better connections to transit.
Many municipalities are forming public-private partnerships to bring high-speed Internet to long-neglected places. Their approaches, however, vary widely.