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               WV:                Special session to last another day for gas-tax bill
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        <description><![CDATA[Legislators will spend one more day in special session, after House Republicans  blocked a passage vote Thursday on a bill (SB4004) to freeze the state's gasoline tax at the current 32.2 cents a gallon. 
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        <author><![CDATA[By Phil Kabler]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.wvgazette.com/News/politics/200911190837]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.wvgazette.com/News/politics/200911190837"><![CDATA[Charleston Gazette]]></source>
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               CT:                Carlyle to run Conn. roadside service stops
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        <description><![CDATA[The Carlyle Group said Thursday that it has signed a deal with Connecticut to refurbish and run the state's 23 highway service stops in return for a share of the revenue over the next 35 years.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Thomas Heath]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR2009111903273.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR2009111903273.html"><![CDATA[The Washington Post]]></source>
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               AL:                Alabama rolls out new U.S. 280 toll road plan
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        <description><![CDATA[State transportation officials are ready to move forward with a $710 million makeover of U.S. 280 -- a new plan that doesn't rely entirely on elevated toll lanes that doomed a previous proposal to unsnarl the congested highway.  
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        <author><![CDATA[By Ginny MacDonald and Michael Tomberlin]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-stories/2009/11/state_rolls_out_new_us_280_tol.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-stories/2009/11/state_rolls_out_new_us_280_tol.html"><![CDATA[The Birmingham News]]></source>
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               AZ:                Speed-camera critic takes on industry rep
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        <description><![CDATA[A foe and a proponent of photo enforcement squared off in a public forum Thursday. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Luci Scott]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/11/20/20091120photoradar1120.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/11/20/20091120photoradar1120.html"><![CDATA[The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)]]></source>
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               CT:                Connecticut -- Road, bridge projects face funding reality
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        <description><![CDATA[Across Connecticut, communities and business leaders are lobbying the state to widen their highways, build interchanges, replace bridges and expand public transit systems.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Don Stacom]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-hartford-transit-1120.artnov20,0,1743331.story]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-hartford-transit-1120.artnov20,0,1743331.story"><![CDATA[The Hartford Courant]]></source>
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               CT:                Rell announces plan to rebuild 23 highway service plazas
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        <description><![CDATA[Gov. M. Jodi Rell on Thursday announced a deal with associates of Subway restaurants that she said would rebuild the 23 highway service plazas and create 350 jobs.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Josh Kovner]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-highway-service-plazas-1120.artnov20,0,718783.story]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-highway-service-plazas-1120.artnov20,0,718783.story"><![CDATA[The Hartford Courant]]></source>
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               GA:                Grand Central Terminal for Atlanta?
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        <description><![CDATA[A plan to build a major passenger terminal in downtown Atlanta might soon boast new life, in the form of an $80 million-plus jump start, state officials said at Transportation Board meetings Wednesday and Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ariel Hart]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/grand-central-terminal-for-205638.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/grand-central-terminal-for-205638.html"><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]></source>
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               HI:                Average statewide gas price up for fifth straight week to $3.35
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        <description><![CDATA[The average price of a gallon of regular gas in Hawaii rose for the fifth consecutive week to $3.35 a gallon, according to the AAA Hawaii Weekend Gas Watch.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091119/BREAKING03/91119073/Average+statewide+gas+price+up+for+fifth+straight+week+to++3.35]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091119/BREAKING03/91119073/Average+statewide+gas+price+up+for+fifth+straight+week+to++3.35"><![CDATA[The Honolulu Advertiser]]></source>
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               HI:                School board approves bus fare increase
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        <description><![CDATA[Public school parents will pay more for their kids to ride the school bus come next year after the state Board of Education voted 8-2 tonight to raise one-way fares from 35 cents to 75 cents.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Loren Moreno]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091119/BREAKING01/91119085/School+board+approves+bus+fare+increase]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091119/BREAKING01/91119085/School+board+approves+bus+fare+increase"><![CDATA[The Honolulu Advertiser]]></source>
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               ID:                ITD hires new director
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        <description><![CDATA[The Idaho Transportation Department has a new director, just days after the former director sued the state agency over her firing.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ben Botkin]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.magicvalley.com/news/article_28f0183c-b0f9-55e9-8520-d0c60d490058.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.magicvalley.com/news/article_28f0183c-b0f9-55e9-8520-d0c60d490058.html"><![CDATA[The Times-News (Twin Falls)]]></source>
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               IL:                State senator would consider leasing tollway
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        <description><![CDATA[State Sen. Bill Brady, a Bloomington Republican, says he would consider selling the Illinois tollway to a private company if elected to the state's top post, putting him at odds with at least one challenger in the GOP primary for governor.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Joseph Ryan]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338386&src=109]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338386&amp;src=109"><![CDATA[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)]]></source>
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               IL:                RTA OKs Quinn's emergency plan for CTA
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        <description><![CDATA[The vote by the RTA board was unanimous, although it was clear that some directors were uncomfortable with the plan. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Richard Wronski]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/11/rta-approves-quinns-borrowing-plan-for-cta-to-avert-fare-increase.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/11/rta-approves-quinns-borrowing-plan-for-cta-to-avert-fare-increase.html"><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune]]></source>
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               IL:                Rosemont -- Balmoral Avenue closer to getting exit ramp from Tri-State Tollway
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        <description><![CDATA[Rosemont-based Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd. received an additional $2.1 million in business from the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jon Hilkevitch]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tollway-20-nov20,0,4106789.story]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tollway-20-nov20,0,4106789.story"><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune]]></source>
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               IL:                I-90 could get new ramps at Barrington Road
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        <description><![CDATA[Village officials have lobbied transportation officials for the last two decades to add two more ramps at the Barrington Road interchange -- an offramp for eastbound traffic and an on-ramp for westbound traffic.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Krystyna Slivinski]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northnorthwest/chi-barrington-interchange-20nov20,0,2134247.story]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northnorthwest/chi-barrington-interchange-20nov20,0,2134247.story"><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune]]></source>
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               MA:                State ready to fill in Big Dig's missing links
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        <description><![CDATA[It was touted as the Big Dig's greatest open-space gift to Boston: a spectacular ribbon of parks, paths, and pedestrian footbridges linking the Esplanade to both the Rose Kennedy Greenway and Boston Harbor. But when the Central Artery/Tunnel Project officially wrapped up two years ago, only half of what was promised had been built.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Peter DeMarco]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/11/20/state_ready_to_fill_in_big_digs_missing_links/]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/11/20/state_ready_to_fill_in_big_digs_missing_links/"><![CDATA[The Boston Globe]]></source>
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               MA:                Highway toll foes fall short on signatures
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        <description><![CDATA[Massachusetts voters will not get a chance to decide on a proposed ballot question to eliminate tolls in Massachusetts.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/11/20/highway_toll_foes_fall_short_on_signatures/]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/11/20/highway_toll_foes_fall_short_on_signatures/"><![CDATA[The Boston Globe]]></source>
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               MD:                State slashes budget by $362M
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        <description><![CDATA[The latest round of state budget cuts imposed yesterday will limit student financial aid, slice Medicaid payments to hospitals and even reduce commuter bus trips for state employees when the legislature is not in session.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liam Farrell]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2009/11/19-41/State-slashes-budget-by-362M.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2009/11/19-41/State-slashes-budget-by-362M.html"><![CDATA[The Capital (Annapolis)]]></source>
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               MD:                Port of Baltimore to get multi-million-dollar upgrade
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        <description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE, Md. -- Gov. Martin O'Malley is expected to announce today that a company will invest hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade the port of Baltimore - a project likely to bring thousands of jobs to the city.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Michael Dresser ]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-md.port20nov20,0,5603102.story]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-md.port20nov20,0,5603102.story"><![CDATA[The Sun (Baltimore)]]></source>
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               ME:                Maine high court rules against ATV rider
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        <description><![CDATA[ PORTLAND, Maine &mdash; Maine's highest court has overturned a lower court judge's ruling that a state law that authorized game wardens to stop all-terrain vehicle operators without cause was unconstitutional.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/130119.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/130119.html"><![CDATA[Bangor Daily News]]></source>
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               MN:                State says it needs more than stimulus
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        <description><![CDATA[The state Department of Transportation said in its 20-year plan, released this week, that federal economic stimulus money does not solve immediate or long-term funding needs. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_13830361]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_13830361"><![CDATA[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]></source>
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               ND:                WiFi access available at 14 N.D. rest areas
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        <description><![CDATA[rivers in North Dakota now have access to wireless Internet at 14 visitors centers and rest areas along interstates 94 and 29 and other major roadways.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/260238/]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/260238/"><![CDATA[The Forum (Fargo)]]></source>
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               ND:                WiFi access available at 14 N.D. rest areas
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        <description><![CDATA[rivers in North Dakota now have access to wireless Internet at 14 visitors centers and rest areas along interstates 94 and 29 and other major roadways.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/260238/]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/260238/"><![CDATA[The Forum (Fargo)]]></source>
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               NY:                 Aid to help businesses hit by closed bridge
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        <description><![CDATA[The state will provide nearly $3 million in economic assistance to businesses affected by last month's closing of the Champlain Bridge, a major link between New York and Vermont.


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        <author><![CDATA[By Bob Gardinier]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=868338&category=STATE]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=868338&amp;category=STATE"><![CDATA[Times Union (Albany)]]></source>
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               SC:                'Superload' could be big draw on Upstate roads
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        <description><![CDATA[A load longer and heavier than a jumbo jet will today begin a slow trek across Greenville County, clogging some of the area's busiest roads and leaving in its wake an economic impact expected to reach the tens of thousands of dollars.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Paul Alongi]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20091120/NEWS/911200321/1004/NEWS01/?Superload--could-be-big-draw-on-Upstate-roads]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20091120/NEWS/911200321/1004/NEWS01/?Superload--could-be-big-draw-on-Upstate-roads"><![CDATA[The Greenville News]]></source>
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               SD:                DOT giving away more than 50 acres in Beadle County
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        <description><![CDATA[The state Transportation Commission hesitated at first but then consented Thursday to give away more than 50 acres of land in Beadle County.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Bob Mercer]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.capjournal.com/articles/2009/11/20/news/doc4b064272a93b8177511024.txt]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.capjournal.com/articles/2009/11/20/news/doc4b064272a93b8177511024.txt"><![CDATA[Capital Journal (Pierre)]]></source>
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               SD:                DOT -- Highway tax hike unlikely
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        <description><![CDATA[The Legislature will be presented a package of proposed tax increases for highway funding in the 2010 session, but state Transportation Secretary Darin Bergquist said Thursday he doesn't foresee lawmakers coming up with any more money for road maintenance and projects.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Bob Mercer]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.capjournal.com/articles/2009/11/20/news/doc4b0640788a931567649137.txt]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.capjournal.com/articles/2009/11/20/news/doc4b0640788a931567649137.txt"><![CDATA[Capital Journal (Pierre)]]></source>
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               WI:                Wis. Great Lakes ballast regs set for Feb. 
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        <description><![CDATA[State environmental officials say they'll begin enforcing new ballast water regulations on Great Lakes vessels in February.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://host.madison.com/news/state-and-regional/wisconsin/article_b7c61c21-ec4a-5ed0-a9cc-d11f4c26c53b.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://host.madison.com/news/state-and-regional/wisconsin/article_b7c61c21-ec4a-5ed0-a9cc-d11f4c26c53b.html"><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)]]></source>
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               WI:                Asian carp may have breached barrier 
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        <description><![CDATA[New research shows the fish likely have made it past the $9 million electric fish barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a source familiar with the situation told the Journal Sentinel late Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dan Egan]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/70573047.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/70573047.html"><![CDATA[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]></source>
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               WI:                Zoo Interchange bridges need immediate replacement, inspectors say
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        <description><![CDATA[Three bridges in the Zoo Interchange have reached such dire condition that the state Department of Transportation acted Thursday to replace them, in what could be a weekend barn-raising fashion, before Memorial Day.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tom Held]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/70541002.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/70541002.html"><![CDATA[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]></source>
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               WV:                Vote block extends special session to fourth day
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        <description><![CDATA[House Republicans on Thursday blocked the Legislature from voting on two bills sought by the Manchin administration, throwing a special session into a fourth day. In a largely symbolic move, the Republicans prevented Democrats from suspending House rules Thursday to advance one bill that would have made changes to the state gasoline tax and another to encourage the use of energy sources other than coal by state utilities. 

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        <author><![CDATA[By Staff and Wire Reports]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailymail.com/News/statehouse/200911191147]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.dailymail.com/News/statehouse/200911191147"><![CDATA[Charleston Daily Mail]]></source>
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