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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.

Congress had the chance to restore some programs as part of the fiscal cliff deal but failed to do so.
New line extends service to French Quarter, Superdome and downtown.
Leaders warn that inaction could be more costly than prevention.
Says current path is unsustainable.
Maryland becomes the latest state to start seriously question long-term transportation funding plans.
The fiscal cliff deal seems to have made it all but impossible for about 25 states to collect estate taxes, barring new laws.
A day after President Obama issued calls for expanded gun rules, the country's mayors are echoing his call for an assault weapons ban.
A new report warns of governments' continued "failure to invest" in roads, airports, electrical grid and other critical forms of infrastructure.
A new report provides insight on how far transit systems can push customers before they switch to other modes of transportation.
One former state transportation director thinks so. The revenue would provide a steady stream of funding for public transit and bike path improvements.