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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 president's new budget proposal increases total federal grant funding to states and localities, but some programs are on the chopping block.
Secretary of State Kate Brown wants to make Oregon the first state to instantly register voters when they apply for a driver's license.
The project marks the first completed portion of the region's ambitious FasTracks program.
A Senate committee unveiled the much-awaited legislation, saying it would offer states and localities tools to improve ports, the water supply and flood control.
The legislation fizzled last year as Congress became mired in the fiscal cliff debate. But advocates are hopeful for a different result this time.
The study, published every four years, is a key tool for infrastructure advocates.
One day in 2011, Tallahassee's now award-winning transit agency had 26 bus routes. The next day, they were all replaced.
Gov. O'Malley's plan borrows many ideas from Virginia's sweeping overhaul, but differs in a couple key ways.
As Congress mulls future of Amtrak, a new Brookings study says state support of the rail system has contributed to its record ridership.
The highway bill was passed last year, but lawmakers are already discussing its successor.