National News Links Archive - December 2008
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National News Links
- Roundabouts: efficient or annoying? (New York Times, December 30, 2008)
- Study: Wrecks increase at red-light cameras sites (Houston Chronicle, December 29, 2008)
- Traffic stops get easier: police adopt citation equipment for easier and more efficient, accurate roadside ticketing (Baltimore Sun, December 28, 2008)
- Reinventing Estacada: from timber to manufacturing (The Oregonian, December 27, 2008)
- Cash-strapped states cut juvenile justice programs (USA Today, December 26, 2008)
- State employees warm to 4-day workweek (Salt Lake Tribune, December 25, 2008)
- Recession slows migration in U.S. (Wall Street Journal, December 23, 2008)
- Cooperation helped Louisville clean up air (USA Today, December 16, 2008)
- Obama pick pioneered innovative affordable housing (USA Today, December 14, 2008)
- City may buy vacant homes; Huntington Beach considers fixing up properties and selling them to residents (Orange County Register, December 14, 2008)
- Innovative stormwater plan with special pavement proposed (Tribune-Review Greensburg, PA, December 12, 2008)
- State orders big cuts in gases; California aims to slash greenhouse emissions 15% by 2020 with the most sweeping plan of any state (Los Angeles Times, December 12, 2008)
- Quickly building local stimulus: Mayor puts public projects on faster track to prime economic pump (Denver Post, December 12, 2008)
- Why home values may take decades to recover (USA Today, December 12, 2008)
- Calif. considers tough greenhouse gas restrictions (USA Today, December 11, 2008)
- Internet map aid to many (Newsday, December 11, 2008)
- DUI flashlights help fight drunken driving -- but are they legal? (Contra Costa Times, December 11, 2008)
- Cornerstone church says U.S. act exempts it from local law (Ventura County Star, December 10, 2008)
- Economy puts emergency readiness in peril (USA Today, December 10, 2008)
- Census: More Hispanics in USA fluent in English (USA Today, December 9, 2008)
- Traffic cam benefits; A new study provides early documentation that Texas red light cameras reduce serious traffic accidents (Houston Chronicle, December 7, 2008)
- Public transit use up over last year (USA Today, December 7, 2008)
- Art Basel: The power of art (Miami Herald, December 7, 2008)
- Back at junk value, recyclables are piling up (New York Times, December 7, 2008)
- Housing-Crisis Grants Force Cities to Make Tough Choices (Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2008)
- Zoning plan aims for urban living; 'Form-based' proposal would bend codes to allow denser building (Dallas Morning News, December 4, 2008)
- Electric scooters give Fairfax police a silent edge (Marin Independent Journal, December 4, 2008)
- Holiday displays dimmed in cash-strapped cities (USA Today, December 3, 2008)
- Chicago Banks on Private Parking (Wall Street Journal, December 3, 2008)
- Vermont Town Turns to College in Bid to Guide Change (New York Times, December 3, 2008)
- Fit City; How Somerville became a national model of healthy living (Boston Globe, December 2, 2008)
- Rivers looking attractive for energy (New York Times, December 1, 2008)