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May 17: Portland Voters Approve Local Gas Tax Increase
Portland, Oregon voters approved a 10 cents-per-gallon local gas tax on May 17, with unofficial results showing 51.8 percent of residents voted in favor of the measure. The local gas tax will expire [...]
May 16: Minnesota Governor Offers Two Transportation Funding Compromises
Facing a May 23 deadline to pass legislation, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) May 16 proposed two compromise plans to increase transportation funding. One proposal includes a 5 cents-per-gallon gas tax increase and [...]
Arkansas Special Legislative Session begins May 19
Arkansas Gov. Ava Hutchinson (R) May 16 formally requested lawmakers to enter a special session beginning May 19 to increase state transportation funding. Arkansas Department of Transportation Director Scott Bennett told Arkansas Highway Commission [...]
May 13 Weekly Roundup: State Transportation Funding Assets and Shortfalls
The Iowa Department of Transportation announced a $3.5 billion plan May 11 to improve roadway safety. The plan must be approved by the state transportation commission before implementation. Last year, Iowa increased the [...]
May 13 Weekly Roundup: Transportation Funding Increase Plans
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 [...]
May 13: Minnesota Transportation Funding Proposals Face Legislative Deadline
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 [...]
May 6 Weekly Roundup: Transportation Funding Nationwide
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 [...]
May 6 Weekly Roundup: Transportation Funding Cuts
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 [...]
May 6 Weekly Roundup: State Transportation Funding Legislation
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 [...]