From today’s Strib (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Some Highlights
“the Minnesota Department of Transportation says it can’t use most of that windfall until 2012, because the agency is so short of money it can’t fix roads that are far busier and congested.”
“Labeled pork by critics, congressional earmarking has mushroomed in recent years. Last year’s $286 billion transportation bill contained $24 billion for more than 6,000 named projects. A similar bill in the mid-1980s contained 102 earmarks.”
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