TEXAS: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (2013) In August of 2013, the Texas legislature successfully approved a measure to redirect $1.2 billion annually in oil and gas revenue from the state’s general Rainy Day Fund to [...]
MASSACHUSETTS: 2013 This successful legislative campaign with the Massachusetts state legislature resulted in an increase of the gasoline tax in order to generate additional transportation funding. In July of 2013, Massachusetts legislators overrode [...]
This 2014 statewide ballot measure to protect Maryland’s transportation fund from diversions to non-transportation programs was overwhelmingly approved by voters, with 82% in favor of the measure. Maryland Transportation Fund Amendment_2014
This 2014 statewide ballot measure to protect Wisconsin’s transportation fund from diversions to non-transportation programs was overwhelmingly approved by voters, with 80% in favor of the measure. Wisconsin Transportation Fund Amendment 2014 Case [...]
This successful ballot initiative campaign in Alaska resulted in voters approving Proposition 2, a measure to issue a general obligation bond to support transportation projects throughout the state of Alaska. Case Study – [...]
This successful and highly effective ballot initiative campaign in Arkansas produced a sales tax increase in 2012. Arkansas voters approved Issue 1, a half-cent sales tax increase to go toward a $1.3 billion [...]
This victorious ballot initiative campaign in Maine resulted in the passage of a $41 million bond measure to support transportation projects. In 2012, Maine voters approved Question 4, which proposed providing approximately $41 [...]
This successful ballot initiative campaign in Maine resulted in the enactment of a $100 million transportation bond measure. In this statewide initiative, 72 percent of Maine voters supported a $100 million transportation bond. [...]
This successful ballot initiative campaign in Gwinnett County, Georgia implemented a “Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.” This ballot measure received 58 percent of voter approval in the 2013 election. Case Study – [...]
The Louisiana Transportation Infrastructure Amendment was proposed to permit legislators to create a state infrastructure bank with public funds already being collected, from which local or parish governments could apply for low-interest loans to [...]
