Today’s Headlines

• Mayor Pro Tem Lopez Says Transit Tax Diversion Is 100% of Richland Hills Road Budget (Star-Telegram)
• Texas Rep Cecil Bell Jr. Has a High Speed Rail Calculator That Does Not Know About TOD (Texas Insider)
• Public Hearings: TX – OK High Speed Rail Study & EIS Aug 9 in Laredo, Aug 10 in Austin, Aug 11 in Arlington (KEYE)
• …How Does This Proposal Relate to the Dream of the MoKan or MoKan’t Passenger Rail? (Statesman)
• STB Says HOU – DAL HSR Does Not Need Fed Approval, Anti-HSR Rep. Brady Declares Victory (WTAW)
• Houston Using Air Quality Funds to Guide Motorists to Open Parking Spots Downtown (KUHF)
• Justin James Forsyth Drove a Motorcycle Drunk and Killed a 4-Year-Old Boy; Police: Not Parents’ Fault (ABC13)

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