Missouri voters August 5 failed to approve a ballot measure that would have increased the state’s sales tax by three-fourths-cents to help pay for transportation infrastructure projects. The measure would have raised $5.4 [...]
A new poll has found that while Americans believe it is beneficial to invest in the nation’s transportation infrastructure, they are strongly divided on how to fund these projects. The Associated Press-GfK poll [...]
Voters in over a dozen Michigan counties and towns approved measures to renew or increase local property taxes to support transportation investment by an average rate of 66 percent. The specific measures and [...]
Today many Michigan residents will decide on funding for local transit agencies throughout the state. Several cities and counties throughout the state have measures on the August 5 ballot to renew or increase [...]
Today Missouri voters will vote on a ballot measure to increase the state’s sales tax by three-fourths-cents to fund transportation projects throughout the state. If approved, the measure would raise $5.4 billion over [...]
New taxes and fees intended to fund local transportation projects are more likely to receive support from voters than those funding state transportation projects, a new poll by the Boston Globe has found. [...]
A transportation advocacy group is urging Wisconsin voters to approve a November 4 state ballot initiative, the Wisconsin Transportation Fund Amendment, which would ensure that revenues from transportation fees and taxes would only [...]
Governor Pat Quinn signed two capital construction bills July 22 that will invest $1.1 billion in Illinois roads and bridges. House Bill 3794, part of Quinn’s six-year Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program, [...]
Just over half of New Hampshire residents support the 4-cent state gas tax increase that took effect July 1, according to a poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. The [...]
Oregon has been at the forefront of developing funding mechanisms for highway and bridge construction and maintenance since 1919, when it became the first state to introduce a dedicated state tax based on [...]
