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• Dallas County judge hopefuls have big ideas for budget process
  Sep 6, 2010 — The Dallas Morning News
  He would take advantage of the county's excellent bond rating to borrow money in the short term at low rates.
• After 20 years, Jacksonville Skyway remains a punchline
  Sep 5, 2010 — The Florida Times-Union
  Although the system needs downtown redevelopment to thrive, the feeling is not mutual. Barton said its success or failure is not expected to have much impact on redevelopment. This is causing communities like Riverside, Springfield and San Marco to flourish.
• EDITORIAL
  Sep 5, 2010 — The Kansas City Star
  A proposal to build Bass Pro Shops at the mall died in 2002. The last anchor -- Sears -- shuttered in 2006. Bannister Mall closed in 2007 and was demolished in early 2009.
• Study ranks Pa. 38th in roads quality
  Sep 4, 2010 — The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  Under the study's proposal, $1.35 billion would be taken from roads and bridges and shifted to transit.
• Virginia's roads suffer slide in annual rankings
  Sep 4, 2010 — The Virginian-Pilot
  In the past few years, two had to be closed because money was not available to fix them.
• BRIEF
  Sep 1, 2010 — Contra Costa Times
  The money came from a grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's Transportation Fund For Clean Air. Lisa P. White covers Martinez and Pleasant Hill.
• Dallas County officials vote to propose tax increase rather than cut payroll
  Sep 1, 2010 — The Dallas Morning News
  Her announcement drew loud applause. "This county has been very responsible," she said. "We have done everything we can do. The fiscal year begins Oct. 1. The proposed tax increase would close a remaining $22.5 million budget shortfall in the county's $450 million general fund. The projected 3.5 percent decrease would result in a $9 million hit to the general fund, Brown told commissioners. Commissioners initially voted to propose no change to the tax rate.
• Enbridge is under fire over Michigan oil spill cleanup tactics
  Sep 1, 2010 — Detroit Free Press
  Schauer, a Battle Creek Democrat whose district includes the spill site. Enbridge also was stung Tuesday by a report that a subcontractor on the cleanup may have used illegal immigrants. But the lawmakers' letter raises the stakes. "Enbridge's efforts to take legal advantage of Michigan residents ... are reprehensible," Oberstar and Schauer said in a letter Tuesday to the company's president and CEO. In the wake of July's big oil spill in mid-Michigan, residents were evacuated...