Crosspost from ARTBA's May 25 Newsline. By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA Roads were the top infrastructure concern cited by 120 U.S. mayors in “State of the City” speeches from Jan. 1 through [...]
Twenty-two states have passed legislation to increase motor fuel taxes for needed transportation investment over the past four years. An in-depth analysis of recent successful campaigns is one of the topics to be [...]
Approved The Missouri Senate voted May 10 to establish the “21st Century Missouri Transportation System Task Force” to evaluate the state's transportation infrastructure, the state's transportation funding, any shortfall the department is facing, [...]
Approved The South Carolina legislature voted May 10 to override Gov. Henry McMaster’s (R ) veto of H.3516. Read more about the bill, which includes a state gas tax increase, new electric and [...]
Since 2013, 22 states have increased taxes on motor fuel to support needed transportation investments. Additionally, Kentucky and North Carolina adjusted their variable-rate gasoline tax formula during this time in order to preserve [...]
Update May 10: The same day the legislature approved a gas tax increase, Gov. Henry McMaster (R) issued his expected veto. The South Carolina House voted 95-18 at 11:40 a.m. on May 10 to [...]
Introduced Wisconsin Assembly Republicans presented a plan on May 4 to create a 5 percent sales tax on the average wholesale price of gasoline, while decreasing the flat excise tax paid at the [...]
How states choose their method to tax motor fuel is one of the topics to be explored at the 4th Annual “National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates” on July 12 in [...]
Signed into law Tennessee’s IMPROVE Act— legislation that increases the state gas tax and other transportation-related fees— was signed into law by Gov. Bill Haslam (R) on April 26. The bill is estimated [...]
91% of legislators who supported an increased gas tax were reelected during the next general election; 98 % of lawmakers won their 2016 primary race. (WASHINGTON)—An examination of more than 2,500 state legislators [...]