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Monday’s MLK Day Headlines

We are taking today off to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and watch a congestion pricing foe become president.

A reminder that good things can happen in Washington, DC.

We are taking today off to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and, alas, to watch the inauguration of a Florida man and congestion pricing foe to the highest office in the land.

We will be back tomorrow with a full news digest from a surprisingly busy weekend, but here are a few good long reads we've posted recently to keep you going today if you have some down time:

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