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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.

Limits won't take effect, despite voter-approved measure in 2006.
High court says $250,000 cap on pain-and-suffering damages does not violate the constitution.
Hundreds of cities are trying to follow federal orders to clean up their wastewater systems -- sometimes at a cost of billions of dollars.
Governing compiled reactions to comments made by President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Wednesday night.
One expert says the effort that developed the atomic bomb is exactly what's needed to turn some of America's financially distressed cities around.
Officials with Williston, N.D., -- located in the heart of oil country -- say permanent housing has caught up.
State lawmakers mulling probe of the state's Department of Children's Services after deaths
Not much -- for now. But lawmakers, especially those from agriculture-producing states, have warned Congress about the troubles that could ensue.
The tax-free status of municipal bonds is under attack. If eliminated, borrowing could get more expensive for states and localities.
Automatic spending cuts would slash important grants and hurt metro economies, mayors say.