Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on March 12 signed into law legislation to raise the state gas tax by 3 cents-per-gallon and diesel tax by 6 cents-per-gallon (effective Oct. 1) and add an [...]
The Alabama state Senate March 12 approved legislation that will help generate more than $300 million per year in additional transportation infrastructure investment. Senators agreed 28-6 to increase Alabama’s fuel tax by 10 [...]
ARTBA’s “Transportation Investment Advocacy Center”™ (TIAC) is proud to announce a new logo! The new look continues with the same colors that have been part of the TIAC brand since its inception in [...]
Arkansas lawmakers voted on March 7 to place a half-cent sales tax increase renewal on the 2020 ballot. The measure, originally approved in 2012, is projected to raise approximately $205 million annually for [...]
Connecticut’s newly introduced SB 70 aims to create a state infrastructure bank to fund infrastructure improvements by financing a loan program. State Sen. Alex Bergstein (D) , who also introduced SB 102 - [...]
Legislators in 37 states have introduced 185 bills aimed at boosting transportation investment in the first two months of 2019, a new analysis finds. This number is higher than the amount of legislation [...]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on March 5 proposed a 45 cent-per-gallon fuel tax increase as part of her first executive budget and an attempt to fulfill her campaign promise to “fix the [...]
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s (R) "Rebuild Alabama Infrastructure Plan" introduced Feb. 27 proposes a 10 cent-per-gallon fuel tax increase indexed to rising road construction costs and phased in over three years. The state’s [...]
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation faces threats of reduced federal funding, potential repeal of the vehicle sales transfer tax provision, litigation, and diverted funds, a Feb. 28 report showed. The state’s Transportation Advisory [...]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) proposed an 18-cent-per-gallon gas tax increase on Feb. 20 that would commence July 1, 2019, and be annually adjusted with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to compensate for [...]
