National News Links Archive - February 2009
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National News Links
- 'Smart' parking meters catching on across U.S. (USA Today, February 24, 2009)
- Mayors support 'jumbo' bridge (Oregonian, February 24, 2009)
- Turning to the public for advice on a budget (New York Times, February 23, 2009)
- Are malls a dying breed? (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 22, 2009)
- Obama warns mayors not to waste stimulus money (Washington Post, February 20, 2009)
- L.A.'s business improvement districts help reduce crime, study finds (Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2009)
- Slice of stimulus package will go to faster trains (New York Times, February 19, 2009)
- Alaska is a frontier for green power (New York Times, February 17, 2009)
- Wealthy cities discovering they're not recession-proof (Los Angeles Times, February 17, 2009)
- I Dream of Denver (New York Times, February 16, 2009)
- Benefits neglected for civil retirees (USA Today, February 16, 2009)
- Retiree health care issue 'goes nowhere' in Nebraska (USA Today, February 16, 2009)
- States and cities angle for stimulus cash (New York Times, February 15, 2009)
- Village automates water meter reading through Wi-Fi (Sun-Sentinel, February 11, 2009)
- Some places revisit immigration laws (USA Today, February 10, 2009)
- Schools face sharp rise in homeless students (Washington Post, February 8, 2009)
- To minimize layoffs, employers cut worker hours (Christian Science Monitor, February 8, 2009)
- Is your clothesline illegal? (Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2009)
- Affordable housing hits a wall in time of rising need (Christian Science Monitor, February 6, 2009)
- Toll Roads Are Paved With Bad Intentions (The Huffington Post, February 5, 2009)
- Goodbye, City Center (Columbus Dispatch, February 4, 2009)
- Office towers trade sky space for public plazas (San Francisco Chronicle, February 3, 2009)
- Business brisk at area libraries: in bad times, free resources are a hot commodity (Washington Post, February 2, 2009)
- U.S. libraries on borrowed time? (USA Today, February 2, 2009)
- Cities, towns ready to vie for stimulus funds (USA Today, February 2, 2009)
- Welfare aid isn’t growing as economy drops off (New York Times, February 1, 2009)