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Ryan Holeywell

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Ryan Holeywell is the communications manager for the Texas Medical Center Health Policy Institute in Houston. He previously worked at Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Holeywell is a former reporter for the Houston Chronicle as well as Governing magazine, where he covered infrastructure and federal policy from 2010 to 2014.

Holeywell earned his bachelor’s degree in political communication from George Washington University and is pursuing a master's degree in public Affairs from the University of Missouri.

The move comes at a time when Congress is preparing to develop its long-term passenger rail bill.
The Charlotte mayor didn't face many hardball questions from senators.
As passenger rail legislation expires this fall, those money-losing routes could be in the cross hairs of House Republicans.
"Bertha," named after Seattle's first female mayor, will soon start digging tunnels to replace the city's iconic highway that was destroyed by a disaster more than ten years ago.
State leaders say they had no choice to find new gas tax revenue since they risked losing federal funds.
The two initiatives could quickly become the largest bike sharing programs of their kind in the U.S.
It's the first time any version of the legislation, which state and local leaders have long fought for, has ever been approved by either chamber of Congress.
The Charlotte mayor's nomination as DOT secretary is being viewed as an overture to the role of metro areas in transportation planning.
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office warns that Congress will have to dramatically cut transportation spending or raise the gas tax.
The legislation, which would allow states to collect sales taxes from Internet retailers, now has the White House's backing.