by Carolyn Kramer | Jul 13, 2018 | Bond, California, Georgia, Illinois, Latest News, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, States
A Nov. 6 California ballot measure will decide whether to mandate a state referendum for any gas tax increases, retroactive to January 2017. The immediate impact would be the repeal of Senate Bill (SB) 1, which raises an estimated $5.2 billion annually for...
by Carolyn Kramer | Jan 12, 2018 | Alabama, Bond, Colorado, Florida, Latest News, Maine, Nebraska, State Legislation, States, Virginia
As more state legislatures convene for the 2018 legislative session, transportation funding bills are proving to be a popular topic. The Colorado Senate chose transportation funding as the first bill to introduce this year. Senate Bill 18-001 would divert 10 percent...
by Carolyn Kramer | Dec 15, 2017 | Colorado, Latest News, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, States, Texas, Tolling, Wisconsin
The Nebraska Department of Transportation has told state lawmakers that it faces a $6 billion budget gap over the next two decades. Read More>> The Texas Department of Transportation has decided to exclude new tolling projects from the agency’s updated 10-year...
by Carolyn Kramer | May 19, 2017 | Colorado, Latest News, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, States
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, and...
by Carolyn Kramer | Jan 3, 2017 | Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, State Gasoline Taxes, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
The New Year brought adjusted motor fuel taxes to nine states, with seven states increasing their motor fuel taxes and two states decreasing the tax. Of the states that increased their motor fuel taxes, three of them—Florida, Georgia and North Carolina—did so based on...
by Carolyn Kramer | Dec 9, 2016 | Colorado, Kansas, Latest News, Nebraska, States, Tennessee
As Tennessee lawmakers prepare for discussions on increasing the state gas tax, a Dec. 1 Vanderbilt University poll has found that 67 percent of respondents would support such a hike to fund improvements to roads and bridges and ensure economic growth and public...
