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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.

Some states have luck with biennial budgeting. A pair of senators say it's time for Congress to give it a shot too.
The New York mayor says America can create jobs by catering to foreign-born entrepreneurs.
Cities are tapping rainy day funds, which have lost 40 percent of their value from the pre-recession days.
Texas has just done away with death-row inmates' special requests for last meals. An archived webpage show 20 years of prisoners' requests.
A new report to be released in January will document billions in water needs for the Lone Star State.
The president wants the country to invest in infrastructure. Critics say his plan would make it more expensive for states to borrow money for those projects.
Select state lawmakers met with congressional super committee members this week to spare states from deep cuts. One of the lawmakers' biggest priorities addresses Medicaid.
The Senate passes extensions to the programs after a block temporarily held up the legislation.
Latest kerfuffle is over funding for bike paths, landscaping and other "niceties."
Nearly a third of the $447 billion proposal would go to state and local governments. But state and local leaders still have questions.