While Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on May 5 reiterated his plan to push for a transportation funding increase without raising state motor fuel taxes in an upcoming special legislative session, several Republican [...]
With the 2016 regular legislative session ending on May 23, Minnesota lawmakers entered into a conference committee on May 6 to negotiate a transportation funding compromise. While Democrats consented to lowering their proposed [...]
A new America THINKS national public opinion survey from HNTB Corporation has found that 65 percent of Americans would support road-usage fees in order to generate new transportation revenue. Read More. Transportation is [...]
Moody’s downgraded Kansas’s highway revenue bonds to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’ on May 3 after state lawmakers voted to redirect $185 million in sales tax revenue intended for transportation projects to reduce the state [...]
A Missouri bill allowing voters to consider a state gas tax increase in the Nov. 8 General Election is facing a May 13 legislative deadline. The measure is before the Select Committee on [...]
Three advocates explored their governor’s involvement in state transportation funding debates during the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center’s (TIAC) May 3 webinar. Speakers compared the challenges of running campaigns in states where Republican governors [...]
Eighty-six bills in 37 states are currently being tracked in the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center’s ‘State Transportation Funding Monthly Report’, with more anticipated as the year progresses. Since the last report: Indiana Gov. [...]
With bipartisan collaboration and the support of the governor, a solution for Oregon’s transportation funding shortfall seemed likely at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session. However, by the summer, bipartisan discussions had [...]
With bipartisan collaboration and the support of the governor, a solution for Oregon’s transportation funding shortfall seemed likely at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session. However, by the summer bipartisan discussions had [...]
One state calculates the impact of a 2015 transportation funding increase, two states feel the pinch of transportation funding shortfalls, and leaders in three states look to increase the state gasoline tax. *** [...]
